versicolouredadj.
/ˌvəːsᵻˈkʌləd/, /ˈvəːsᵻˌkʌləd/, U.S. /ˈvərsəˌkələrd/ Changing or varying in colour; iridescent; also, of various colours, variegated.
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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 > iridescence > [adjective]
changeablec1450
cangeant1608
volant1616
changeanta1653
changing1659
pavonine1688
versicoloured1721
perlaceous1777
iridescent1794
pavonated1798
chatoyant1816
nacreous1819
shot1824
versicolorate1826
nacrous1836
versicolorous1847
iridine1851
perlarious1858
nacry1859
nacrine1862
playing1871
fire-opalescent1873
irisated1887
holographic1988
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Versicoloured, changing Colour, of sundry and changeable Colours.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 376 Under these circumstances the bile has at different times..been found..whitish, black, green, eruginous, and versicoloured.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 467/1 If thou hadst enveloped him in thy versicoloured and cloudlike vestiary.
1873 M. Collins Squire Silchester III. xxii. 246 A rocket..drops its versicoloured shower.
Derivatives
versicolouredness n. ‘the being of changeable Colours’ (Bailey, 1727, vol. II).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1721