† gangeanadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Mottled, varicoloured. Cf. cangeant adj.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective]
fawa700
medleyc1350
freckledc1380
motleyc1380
pied1382
specked1382
vary1382
partyc1385
parted1393
peckleda1400
polymitec1425
sere-colouredc1425
vairc1425
discoloured?1440
motleyed1447
varying1488
sheld1507
fleckered1508
piet1508
mellay1515
particoloured1530
pickled1552
varied1578
mingled1580
partly coloured1582
chequered1592
medley-coloured1593
mingle-coloured1593
piebald1594
feathered1610
changeable1612
particolour1612
enamelled1613
variousa1618
pie-coloured1619
jaspered1620
gangean1623
versicolour1628
patchwork1634
damasked1648
variously-coloureda1660
variegateda1661
agated1665
varicoloured1665
damaska1674
various-coloureda1711
pieted1721
versicoloured1721
diversicoloured1756
mosaic1776
harlequin1779
spanged1788
calico1807
piety1811
varied-coloured1811
discolorate1826
heterochromous1842
jaspé1851
discolor1859
discolorous1860
jasperoid1876
damascened1879
heterochromatic1895
variotinted1903
batik1914
varihued1921
rumbled1930
damasky1931
pepper-and-salt1940
partihued1959
the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > of colour
varianta1400
variatec1440
variable1553
gangean1623
variegated1664
the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [adjective] > mottled
marled1502
gangean1623
mottle1676
mottled1676
scovy1777
mottledy1929
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Gangean colour, diuers colours in one together, as in a Mallard or Pigeon's necke.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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adj.1623