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varicolored

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having a variety of colors; variegated or motley.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a jester dressed in motley
  • the painted desert
  • a particolored dress
  • a piebald horse
  • pied daisies

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicoloured

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

having a variety of colors

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: varicoloured, variegated

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From vari- + color + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: разноцве́тен (raznocvéten) — having a variety of colours
  • Czech: pestrobarevný — having a variety of colours
  • Czech: vícebarevný — having a variety of colours
  • Esperanto: bunta — having a variety of colours
  • Esperanto: mikskolora — having a variety of colours
  • Finnish: monivärinen — having a variety of colours
  • Finnish: värikäs — having a variety of colours
  • Finnish: kirjava — having a variety of colours
  • Georgian: ნაირფერი (nairperi) — having a variety of colours
  • Georgian: ფერად-ფერადი (perad-peradi) — having a variety of colours
  • Georgian: მრავალფერი (mravalperi) — having a variety of colours
  • Italian: policromo — having a variety of colours
  • Portuguese: policromo — having a variety of colours
  • Romanian: pestriț — having a variety of colours
  • Russian: разноцве́тный (raznocvétnyj) — having a variety of colours
  • Spanish: policromo — having a variety of colours