Variegated
//ˈvɛəɹi.əˌɡeɪtɪd// adj, verb
adj, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of variegate form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 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."
- 2 Very colorful. broadly
- 3 Varied, heterogeneous, motley broadly
"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."
Adjective
- 1 having a variety of colors wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"I like plants with variegated leaves because solid colors are so boring."
Etymology
From variegate + -ed.
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