jaspéadj.
/ˈdʒaspeɪ/ Resembling jasper; mottled or variegated.
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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
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 500/2 Printed and embroidered ‘jaspé’ cashmere.
1908 Ladies' Field 24 Oct. 318/1 The Ghiberti damask has a jaspé ground.
1923 Weekly Disp. 11 Feb. 16 Harmonising shades of Pink, Blue, Mauve, Brown and Green on Cream, Jaspe, Black or Grey backgrounds.
1925 Brit. Weekly 14 May 153/1 It is therefore as well to use peaceful tones in plain jaspé repp.
1931 Daily Express 23 Sept. 4/1 New clasp in Imitation Jaspe Shell.
1961 J. I. M. Stewart Man who won Pools 36 Crossing the jaspé lino.
1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 274 Products of horn are obtainable in four colours:—a mottled horn called ‘Jaspé’, [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.1851