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varicoloured

British  
/ ˈvɛərɪˌkʌləd /

adjective

  1. having many colours; variegated; motley

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 Joseph Kossuth Dixon

The gay butterflies when they first expand their varicoloured wings and float in air, seem not more joyous than the Parisians have been during the last two days of sunshine.

From The Idler in France by Marguerite, Countess of Blessington

A struggle heaved the varicoloured multitude-and, lo! each man stood upright, his load balanced on his head.

From The Land of Footprints by Stewart Edward White

Other articles of manufacture were blue-flowered cups and saucers, and varicoloured teapots.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Robert Cochrane

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 Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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