varicoloured
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The prisoners, too, had adorned with varicoloured paperwork the candelabra, girandoles and mirrors which drew twinkles from the long waxed floor, and softened whatever might have been garish in the decorations.
From The Westcotes by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Bones, beads, sparkling metals, soft-tinted sea shells, and all of them blended with the varicoloured paints that he has compounded in nature's mortar.
From The Vanishing Race by Dixon, Joseph Kossuth
The varicoloured waistcoat, the sparkling studs and cravat pins, the bright, soft silk tie, were all subdued from their ordinary too-vivid effect by the grace with which they were carried.
From The Gray Dawn by White, Stewart Edward
Other articles of manufacture were blue-flowered cups and saucers, and varicoloured teapots.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert
Their slender, varicoloured tentacles whipped out; the giant iridescent bubbles climbed over the cadavers.
From The Moon Pool by Merritt, Abraham
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