variegated

[ vair-ee-i-gey-tid, vair-i-gey- ]

/ ˈvɛər i ɪˌgeɪ tɪd, ˈvɛər ɪˌgeɪ- /

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adjective

varied in appearance or color; marked with patches or spots of different colors.

varied; diversified; diverse.

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Origin of variegated

First recorded in 1655–65; variegate + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM variegated

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Words nearby variegated

varicula, varicule, varied, varied thrush, variegate, variegated, variegate porphyria, variegation, varier, varietal, variety

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How to use variegated in a sentence

The essay “The Ballad of Sexual Optimism” interrogates similarly thorny issues, from consent and coercion to the variegated sweep of sexual preferences.
Embracing the sprawling contradictions of ‘freedom’|Meara Sharma|September 10, 2021|Washington Post
These variegated formats point to a further awakening by playwrights and directors to the notion that the toolboxes of performance have to be broken open, their contents spilled everywhere.
Ann Dowd, the twisted Aunt Lydia of ‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ beguiles in a new take on Ibsen’s ‘Enemy of the People’|Peter Marks|July 1, 2021|Washington Post
Muslim Americans are valuable, if largely unrecognized, assets to a variegated American fabric.
The Defense Department's Muslim Counterterrorists|Salmah Y. Rizvi|August 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The Variegated Horsetail is not exclusively maritime, however, for it sometimes grows by the sides of rivers and ponds.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin

Their colour is generally of a cinereous hue, but a few were noticed that were variegated black and white.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
The uropygium also, which in the European bird is entirely white, is in our specimen partially variegated with black.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
They present a remarkable appearance; the leaves are fatty and shining, the flowers large and variegated.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
He was the first who painted woman with brilliant drapery and variegated head-dresses.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord

British Dictionary definitions for variegated

variegated

/ (ˈvɛərɪˌɡeɪtɪd) /

adjective

displaying differently coloured spots, patches, streaks, etc

(of foliage or flowers) having pale patches, usually as a result of mutation, infection, etc

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