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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
Adjective
having patches or streaks of different colours: variegated holly
variegation n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.variegatedvariegated - 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
Translations
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 잡색의, 각기 다른 색으로 염색한 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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