agatedadj.
/ˈaɡᵻtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈæɡədᵻd/ rare.
Resembling or reminiscent of agate; marked like an agate.
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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 > 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
1665 J. Rea Flora 47 Leaves [petals of the tulip] which, warmed by the sun..change into divers glorious colours, variously mixed, edged, striped, agoted, marbled.
1704 Dict. Rusticum at Tulip General Sole, agotted and variably marked with a dark and lighter Redish Purple and good White, Blew bottom and Purple tamis.
1918 K. P. Hooker Byways in S. Tuscany vi. 96 The noble interior, of great height, unencumbered and full of light, is of travertine and ‘agated alabaster’.
2006 D. Payne Back to Wando Passo (2007) i. xiv. 102 Something kind, relaxed, and deep in Percival's expression..emanates from the..agated, dark hazel eyes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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