Varicolored

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a variety of colors; variegated or motley.

    "[…] the habit of the greater part of them is only a wreath of Callico tyed about their heads; their mid-parts are circled with a Zone of vari-colored plad, and have Sandalls upon their feet, elsewhere being naked […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly wordnet
  2. 2
    having a variety of colors wordnet

Example

More examples

"[…] the habit of the greater part of them is only a wreath of Callico tyed about their heads; their mid-parts are circled with a Zone of vari-colored plad, and have Sandalls upon their feet, elsewhere being naked […]"

Etymology

From vari- + color + -ed.

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