variegated
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variegated
- /ˈvɛəɹi.əˌɡeɪtɪd/ UK
- /ˈvɛəɹɪˌɡeɪtɪd/ UK
- /ˈvɛ(ə)ɹi.əˌɡeɪtɪd/ US
- /ˈvæɹ-/ US
adjective more variegated · most variegated
- Streaked, spotted, or otherwise marked with a variety of color. There I beheld the painter of the year diſplaying his variegated fancies on his leafy tablets, and, with the pencil of power dipped in the æthereal bow, writing the leſſons of wiſdom divine on the fair forehead of blooming Nature.
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Very colorful.
Similar: motley, multicolored, polychromatic, aurora-colored (US) / aurora-coloured, colorful (US) / colourful, colorific, discolored [⇒ thesaurus] (US, obsolete) / discoloured, kaleidoscopic, many-coloured, multichromatic, multicolor (US) / multicolour
- Varied, heterogeneous, motley The challenge to heterosexuality requires that we claim, not deny, our queer character. It's sexual, it's variegated, sometimetimes its messy and, for better or worse, it's ours.
verb
- simple past and past participle of variegate
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adj streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
| Español | variegado, abigarrado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 잡색의 japsaegui |
| 日本語 | 多彩 tasai |
| 中文 | 雜色的 /杂色的 zásè de, 斑驳的 |
| Português | variegado |
| Français | bigarré, multicolore |
| Deutsch | bunt, scheckig, buntgefleckt, vielfarbig, gemustert, buntgemustert |
| Italiano | variegato |
| Ελληνικά | ποικίλος poikílos |
| Română | vărgat, bălțat |
| Русский | пёстрый pjóstryj, разноцве́тный raznocvétnyj |
| العربية | أَرْقَش ʔarqaš |
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title = {variegated},
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