Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a variety of colors; variegated.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Diversified in color; variegated; motley.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a
variety ofcolors ;variegated ormotley .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
- adjective having a variety of colors
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Examples
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His rimed brows turned to cataracts as he whirled about; his mustache, still frozen, seemed gemmed with diamonds and turned the light in varicolored rays; while the flying feet slipped on the chunks of ice which rattled from his moccasins and German socks.
The Wife of a King 2010
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His rimed brows turned to cataracts as he whirled about; his mustache, still frozen, seemed gemmed with diamonds and turned the light in varicolored rays; while the flying feet slipped on the chunks of ice which rattled from his moccasins and German socks.
The Wife of a King 2010
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His rimed brows turned to cataracts as he whirled about; his mustache, still frozen, seemed gemmed with diamonds and turned the light in varicolored rays; while the flying feet slipped on the chunks of ice which rattled from his moccasins and German socks.
The Wife of the King 1900
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A flower pattern of tank silhouettes cut out of varicolored felts is placed very effectively across the gallery from the flower design prints.
APAture Live 2008
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She waved a thumb over her shoulder, and Frank leaned down to peer through the eyepiece of a microscope at varicolored crystals of soil particles, dull fragments of decaying leaves, and dozens of small, wrinkled spheres.
FALSE MERMAID ERIN HART 2010
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An old proverb states: "When the dragon arises, the varicolored clouds follow."
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Nora lifted the first lid and took out a conical shell—a black-footed limpet—turning it over and admiring all the varicolored stripes.
FALSE MERMAID ERIN HART 2010
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Too late, he realized, as he glimpsed through the eyes of several drones personal forcefields snapping into place, absorbing varicolored phaser beams.
Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light David R. George III 2010
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She waved a thumb over her shoulder, and Frank leaned down to peer through the eyepiece of a microscope at varicolored crystals of soil particles, dull fragments of decaying leaves, and dozens of small, wrinkled spheres.
FALSE MERMAID ERIN HART 2010
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Nora lifted the first lid and took out a conical shell—a black-footed limpet—turning it over and admiring all the varicolored stripes.
FALSE MERMAID ERIN HART 2010
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June 13, 2009