单词 | variegated |
释义 | variegatedadj. 1. a. Marked with patches or spots of different colours; varied in colour; of diverse or various colours; many-coloured, vari-coloured; spec. in Botany (see variegation n. 1). ΘΚΠ 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 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Norw. 274 The skil in making Tulips..variegated, with stripes of divers colours. 1688 R. Boyle Disquis. Final Causes ii. 46 In sawing pieces of variegated marbles. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xv. 145 She said, and gave the veil;..The Prince the variegated present took. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. viii. 218 The glittering of the sun on their variegated plumage. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) II. xviii. 78 A variegated flowing robe of silk. 1812 Examiner 23 Aug. 544/2 Some of his tradesmen..illuminated their houses with variegated lamps. 1852 Beck's Florist 212 This magnificent new variegated plant is a native of Java. 1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. iv. 560 They are sometimes smooth, sometimes ribbed upon the surface, and sometimes variegated in colour. b. In the specific names of animals, birds, etc.A large number of similar uses occur in the works of Latham and Shaw. variegated plover n. the ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres. ΚΠ 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 99 Variegated chatterer. 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 181 Variegated Bunting (Emberiza principalis). 1792 G. Shaw Musei Leveriani 38 The Variegated Baboon. 1801 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. II. 17 Variegated Cavy. 1801 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. II. 123 Variegated Marmot. 1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. i. 235 Variegated Lizard. 1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. ii. 439 Variegated Sun-fish. 1814 W. E. Leach Zool. Misc. I. 117 Variegated Coucal. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 263/2 Of the subgenus Monochirus, one species is found on the British coast, and is known by the names Variegated Sole, Red-backed Flounder, &c. (M. linguatulus). 1871 Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 95 The Douc, or Variegated Monkey,..is perhaps the most gaily clad of all this group. 1881 Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 73 The Variegated Sole (Solea variegata) is rarely more than eight or nine inches long, and closely resembles the Common Sole. 1888 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VII. (at cited word) Variegated spider-monkey, Ateles variegatus, or bartlettii. c. In the names of plants or shrubs. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > appearance of plant > plant defined by colour or marking > [adjective] > having particular type marking or colouring streaked1600 marbled1629 muscadine1646 agated1665 silver-cupped1688 red-top1705 tessellated1723 lineate1777 fancy1793 red-tipped1800 areolated1802 white-lipped1813 variegated1818 pennaceous1819 streak-flowered1822 limbate1826 unbroken1829 sanguine-heart1840 rivulose1843 pencilled1846 areolate1847 notate1857 sigillate1858 discolor1859 discolorous1860 fumose1866 fumous1866 tricolour1866 unnetted1869 1818 M. Edgeworth Let. 4 Oct. (1971) 107 All the varieties of trees and shrubs..he has now revealed to view—The tulip tree and acacia and variegated oak and..the variegated rhododendron. 1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 904/2 Variegated Laurel, Aucuba. 1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. V. 260 Variegated Simethis. 1859 A. Pratt Brit. Grasses & Sedges 298 Variegated Rough Horse-tail. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. xi. 129 Boughs of laurustinus, and variegated box,..and boy's-love. d. Mineralogy. (See quots.) variegated pyrites n. = bornite n. ΚΠ 1836 T. Thomson Outl. Mineral. I. 622 Variegated Copper Ore. Buntkupfererz—liver-coloured copper ore. 1837 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. 116 Variegated pyrites. 1862 J. D. Dana Min. 294 Erubescite.—Variegated Copper Pyrites. 1888 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VII. (at cited word) Variegated copper-ore, the same as Bornite. 1888 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VII. (at cited word) Variegated-sandstone, a name formerly given to the New Red Sandstone. 2. a. Marked or characterized by variety; of a varied character, form, or nature; diverse. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] > various, sundry, or several diverse1297 several1509 changeable1535 distributary?1541 varied1594 omnimodous1627 various1637 omnifarious1653 omnimode1656 variegated1662 allogeneous1892 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vii. 3 Therein was abundantly seen Gods πολυποίκιλος σοϕία, his variegated wisdom. 1688 N. N. Old Popery as Good as New 18 God Almighty..accepts the variegated Services of his different Creatures. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck Proem 20 Ye ever-tuneful Nine! whose sacred lyres,..in softer notes, express The variegated pang of deep distress. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 110 The dancers prance it away, with wild and quick sliding steps, and variegated postures of body. 1798 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1893) XIV. 57 The variegated and important duties of the Aids of a Commander-in-Chief..require experienced Officers. 1817 T. Chalmers Series Disc. Christian Revel. (1852) iv. 105 The minute and variegated details of the way in which this wondrous economy is extended. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 387 I go along the same variegated path I came by yesterday. b. Composed of persons of various characters or kinds; heterogeneous; motley. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] > miscellaneous or heterogeneous difform1525 maslin1590 several1590 heterogeneana1601 miscellane1603 heterogeneal1605 miscellaneous1615 heterogeneous1629 miscellany1629 miscellanean1632 miscellaneal1633 stromatic1656 sundry1678 heterogenous1695 sorted1697 well-assorted1757 various1772 misc.1806 variegated1815 olla-podrida-ish1827 unhomogeneousa1830 olla-podridical1830 heterologous1834 non-homogeneous1853 cut-and-paste1864 assorted1897 sorty1899 inhomogeneous1904 1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone i. 12 A variegated band Of middle-aged, and old, and young. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xix. 381 The variegated group which composed Lord Aberdeen's Ministry. 3. Varied or diversified (in colour, appearance, etc.) with something. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > with something variegated1678 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Heraclitus in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 379 The whole World, variegated with Plants, Animals and Stars, being his [sc. God's] Temple. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 156. ⁋10 No plays have oftener filled the eye with tears..than those which are variegated with interludes of mirth. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 265 The colour is generally an olive brown, variegated with one that is more dusky. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 180 The tract of country..is happily variegated with plains and mountains, hills and vallies. 1803 Gazetteer Scotl. at Rathven The surface is variegated with hills and eminences, streams of water, and fertile plains. 1845 Florist's Jrnl. (1846) 6 104 Their colour is a bright-golden scarlet; the limb variegated with red and yellow. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 287 Corolla blue variegated with white inside. 4. Characterized by variegation (of colour). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > of colour varianta1400 variatec1440 variable1553 gangean1623 variegated1664 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 7 Who does not admire the variegated diversity of colours in her [the butterfly's] expansed wings? 1835 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 4) III. iii. xvi. 271 The surface..was of a variegated colour. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures xlii A rich wilderness of flowers, of the most bountiful verdure and variegated colours. 5. Produced by variation; variant. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] sunderlyeOE manifoldeOE selcoutha1000 felefoldc1000 mislichOE alkinOE manykinOE fele-kync1175 serekina1300 sundera1325 sundrya1325 serea1340 divers1340 varyingc1340 variantc1380 muchfoldc1384 serelepesa1400 serelepya1400 multifaryc1460 sundryfoldc1460 multiplicate?a1475 variable?a1475 sundrilyc1480 diversea1542 particoloured1591 multifarious1593 Protean1594 daedal1596 choiceful1605 Daedalian1605 multiplex1606 variated1608 diversified1611 multiplicious1617 variousa1634 multivarious1636 mosaic1644 multiple1647 omnigenous1650 chequered1656 plurifarious1656 ununiform1660 variate1677 disuniform1687 Proteusian1689 unsteady1690 unequable1693 inequable1721 variegating1727 varied1733 multitudinous1744 multifold1806 polygeneous1818 unequalized1822 ruleless1836 varicoloured185. non-uniform1856 omnigener1857 polytypic1858 multiferous1860 variatious1871 variegated1872 polytypical1890 1872 H. P. Liddon Some Elements Relig. iv. 143 For all that disease is disease, and not a variegated form of health. Derivatives ˈvariegatedness n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [noun] variety1555 piedness1588 variegation1646 variegatedness1668 motleyness1819 chequering1847 mackereling1866 sparkiness1868 piebaldness1875 particolouring1880 piebaldism1881 piebalding1886 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 215 Variegatedness, motly, pyed, particoloured, divers colours. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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