stripyadj.
/ˈstrʌɪpi/, U.S. /ˈstraɪpi/ Having, marked with, or suggestive of stripes or bands of colour.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [adjective]
ray1374
barreda1387
rayed?a1400
bendedc1400
scowledc1440
listeda1500
burledc1500
palya1509
stripy1513
rawed1534
straked1537
railye1539
rowed1552
begaired1554
pirnie1597
tiger-marked1597
tiger-striped1597
interlined1601
waled1602
striped1604
panached1664
strip1666
ribboned1790
zebraed1806
zebrinea1810
banded1823
sparred1827
notate1857
zebraic1858
stroked1896
tigered1969
bestriped-
1513 Inventory in State Papers Henry VIII (P.R.O.: SP 1/4) f. 63v Cussheons of stripy dornix.
1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art §324. 328 The undulated and stripy nature of light.
1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians ii. 12 There was a flutter of shutters and stripey awnings upon them.
1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 120 His tiger..is supposed to be a clouded animal—not stripy, but blotchy.
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