variegated
[vair-ee-i-gey-tid, vair-i-gey-]
- varied in appearance or color; marked with patches or spots of different colors.
- varied; diversified; diverse.
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Origin of variegated
variegate
[vair-ee-i-geyt, vair-i-geyt]
- to make varied in appearance, as by adding different colors.
- to give variety to; diversify.
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Origin of variegate
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Related Words
spottedcheckeredvariedassortedmotleymottledmixedstripedchangeablediversekaleidoscopicmulticoloredmulticolorversicolorparticoloredExamples from the Web for variegated
Contemporary Examples
Muslim Americans are valuable, if largely unrecognized, assets to a variegated American fabric.
Historical Examples
Tulips are opening their variegated cups, and daffodils line the walls.
The Conquest of FearBasil King
Do not manure the ground for golden or variegated leaved shrubs.
The Mayflower, January, 1905Various
There was a confident impelling forward of the shaft of the variegated standard.
Y GododinAneurin
The gills are attached, not broad, ascending, variegated with gray and black.
The Mushroom, Edible and OtherwiseM. E. Hard
The gills are adnexed, dark slate-colored, variegated with black spores.
The Mushroom, Edible and OtherwiseM. E. Hard
variegated
- 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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variegate
- to alter the appearance of, esp by adding different colours
- to impart variety to
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Word Origin
C17: from Late Latin variegāre, from Latin varius diverse, various + agere to make
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Word Origin and History for variegated
variegate
v.
"to mark with different colors," 1640s (implied in variegation), from Late Latin variegatus "made of various sorts or colors," past participle of variegare "diversify with different colors," from varius "spotted, changing, varying" (see vary) + root of agere "to drive" (see act). Related: Variegated; vareiegating.
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