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kaleidoscopic

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ka·lei·do·scope  (k-ld-skp)
n.
1. A tube-shaped optical instrument that is rotated to produce a succession of symmetrical designs by means of mirrors reflecting the constantly changing patterns made by bits of colored glass at one end of the tube.
2. A constantly changing set of colors.
3. A series of changing phases or events: a kaleidoscope of illusions.

[Greek kalos, beautiful + eidos, form; see weid- in Indo-European roots + -scope.]

ka·leido·scopic (-skpk), ka·leido·scopi·cal adj.
ka·leido·scopi·cal·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.kaleidoscopic - continually shifting or rapidly changing
changeful, changeable - such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change; "changeable behavior"; "changeable moods"; "changeable prices"

kaleidoscopic
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kaleidoscopic [kəˌlaɪdəˈskɒpɪk] ADJcalidoscópico
kaleidoscopic [kəˌlaɪdəˈskɒpɪk] adj [design, colours] → kaléidoscopique
a kaleidoscopic vision of sth → une vision kaléidoscopique de qch
kaleidoscopic
kaleidoscopic [kəˈlaɪdəˌskɒpɪk] adjcaleidoscopico/a


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Maule's well, all this time, though left in solitude, was throwing up a succession of kaleidoscopic pictures, in which a gifted eye might have seen foreshadowed the coming fortunes of Hepzibah and Clifford, and the descendant of the legendary wizard, and the village maiden, over whom he had thrown Love's web of sorcery.
What a brute of a man he must have been and what a glorious tale of battle and kaleidoscopic vicissitudes of fortune must once have been locked within that whitened skull
It all happened so swiftly that I cannot recall the details of the kaleidoscopic action which ensued.
 
 
 
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