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variegated

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var·i·e·gat·ed  (vâr--gtd, vâr-g-, vr-)
adj.
1. Having streaks, marks, or patches of a different color or colors; varicolored: "If they recall the Colosseum . . . it is only as a showcase for cats more variegated than any fevered artist's mind could imagine" (Michael Mewshaw).
2. Distinguished or characterized by variety; diversified.

variegated [ˈvɛərɪˌgeɪtɪd]
adj
1. displaying differently coloured spots, patches, streaks, etc.
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of foliage or flowers) having pale patches, usually as a result of mutation, infection, etc.

variegated
  • chintz - Comes from the plural of Hindi chint, a printed Indian calico, from earlier Sanskrit chitra, "variegated."
  • moire - Having a variegated or clouded appearance, like that of watered silk.
  • variegated - Can mean "having variety in character, form, etc."
  • vary - From Latin varius, "speckled, variegated; changeable."
  • ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
    Adj.1.variegated - having a variety of colorsvariegated - having a variety of colors          
    varied - characterized by variety; "immigrants' varied ethnic and religious traditions"; "his work is interesting and varied"

    variegated
    adjective mottled, pied, streaked, motley, many-coloured, parti-coloured, varicoloured variegated grey and green leaves
    Translations
    variegated [ˈvɛərɪgeɪtɪd] ADJ [plant, plumage, markings] → multicolor; [colour] → abigarrado; [leaf] → jaspeado, abigarrado(Bot)

    variegated
    adjbuntscheckig; (Bot) → geflammt, panaschiert

    variegated [ˈvɛərɪˌgeɪtɪd] adjvariegato/a

    variegated
    adj variegated [ˈveərigeitid]
    (of leaves etc) varied in colour. wisselend مُتَعَدِّد الألْوان пъстър různobarevný spraglet bunt ποικιλόχρωμος abigarrado kirev رنگارنگ kirjava multicolore מְגוּוָן रंग-बिरंगा raznobojan, šaren tarka warna-warni marglitur variegato, screziato 雑色の 다채로운 색무늬의 įvairiaspalvis daudzkrāsains beraneka warna veelkleurig spraglet, broket pstry variado multicolor разноцветный rôznofarebný pisan raznobojan brokig, fläckig, spräcklig หลากหลาย renk renk, rengârenk 雜色的 різнокольоровий, різнобарвний رنگ برنگ đa dạng


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Wherever Chromatistes, -- for by that name the most trustworthy authorities concur in calling him, -- turned his variegated frame, there he at once excited attention, and attracted respect.
They wear a capot or surcoat, made of a blanket, a striped cotton shirt, cloth trousers, or leathern leggins, moccasins of deer-skin, and a belt of variegated worsted, from which are suspended the knife, tobacco-pouch, and other implements.
- he had cheerfully taken up his familiar business, and- like a well-fed but not overfat horse that feels himself in harness and grows skittish between the shafts- he dressed up in clothes as variegated and expensive as possible, and gaily and contentedly galloped along the roads of Poland, without himself knowing why or whither.
 
 
 
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