polychromatousadj.

Brit.

/ˌpɒlɪˈkrəʊmətəs/, U.S.

/ˌpɑliˈkroʊmədəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πολυχρώματος , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πολυχρώματος many-coloured ( < πολυ- poly- comb. form + χρωματ- , χρῶμα colour: see chrome n.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier polychromatic adj., polychrome adj., polychromous adj., and achromatous adj.

rare.

= polychromatic adj. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > many colours

all-coloured1605

multicolorate1651

polychrome1819

polychromic1825

multicoloured1845

polychromatic1848

thousand-hued1852

polychromed1857

polychromous1880

multicolour1881

polychromatous1889

multiple-colour1899

multi1970

panchromatic1971

1889 Daily News 22 Jan. 3/7 Paris is now the most polychromatous city in the world..every shade of green, of yellow, of orange, of grey, and red from pink to magenta.

1928 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 48 203 It is neither more nor less polychromatous than, for instance, the Louvre Europa vase.

1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Aug. 1046/4 Mrs Babcock has a rare disease which reduces her body to one kaleidoscopic bruise, and will die in polychromatous splendour.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polychromatous
释义	polychromatousadj. Brit. /ˌpɒlɪˈkrəʊmətəs/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈkroʊmədəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πολυχρώματος , -ous suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek πολυχρώματος many-coloured ( < πολυ- poly- comb. form + χρωματ- , χρῶμα colour: see chrome n.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier polychromatic adj., polychrome adj., polychromous adj., and achromatous adj. rare. = polychromatic adj. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > many colours all-coloured1605 multicolorate1651 polychrome1819 polychromic1825 multicoloured1845 polychromatic1848 thousand-hued1852 polychromed1857 polychromous1880 multicolour1881 polychromatous1889 multiple-colour1899 multi1970 panchromatic1971 1889 Daily News 22 Jan. 3/7 Paris is now the most polychromatous city in the world..every shade of green, of yellow, of orange, of grey, and red from pink to magenta. 1928 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 48 203 It is neither more nor less polychromatous than, for instance, the Louvre Europa vase. 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Aug. 1046/4 Mrs Babcock has a rare disease which reduces her body to one kaleidoscopic bruise, and will die in polychromatous splendour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1889
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