polychromous

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pol·y·chro·mat·ic

(pŏl′ē-krō-măt′ĭk) also pol·y·chro·mic (-krō′mĭk) or pol·y·chro·mous (-krō′məs)

adj.

1. Having or exhibiting many colors.

2. Of or composed of radiation of more than one wavelength: polychromatic light.

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polychromous

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Having many different colors:

motley, multicolor, multicolored, polychromatic, polychrome, polychromic, varicolored, variegated, versicolor, versicolored.

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At a spot where the trail crossed a small gorge, an enchanted scene was displayed before my eyes: the whole hillside in front of me was alight with torches shedding their red light on the polychromous ornaments of the women holding them, who had stopped to light up the treacherous crossing.

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