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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ka•lei•do•scop•ic (kə lī′də skop′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - of, pertaining to, or created by a kaleidoscope.
- changing form, pattern, color, etc., in a manner suggesting a kaleidoscope.
- continually shifting from one set of relations to another;
rapidly changing:the kaleidoscopic events of the past year.
Also, ka•lei′do•scop′i•cal. - kaleidoscope + -ic 1840–50
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . changeable, fluctuating, protean, variable.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ka•lei•do•scope /kəˈlaɪdəˌskoʊp/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Opticsa tube-shaped instrument in which loose bits of colored glass at the end of the tube are reflected in mirrors so as to display changing patterns as the tube is rotated.
- [usually singular] a continually shifting pattern, scene, or the like.
ka•lei•do•scop•ic /kəˌlaɪdəˈskɑpɪk/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ka•lei•do•scope (kə lī′də skōp′),USA pronunciation n. - an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
- a continually changing pattern of shapes and colors.
- a continually shifting pattern, scene, or the like:The 1920s were a kaleidoscope of fads and fashions.
- Greek kal(ós) beautiful + eîdo(s) shape + -scope
- 1817
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