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kaleidoscopic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /kəˌlaɪdəˈskɑːpɪk/ (US)
• /kəˌlaɪdəˈskɒpɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kal- Proto-Indo-European *kal-wo-s? Ancient Greek κᾰλϝός (kălwós) Ancient Greek καλός (kalós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English kaleidoscope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English kaleidoscopic From kaleidoscope + -ic.

Meanings

1. Of, relating to, or produced by a kaleidoscope.
2. (figuratively) Brightly coloured and continuously changing in pattern, as if in a kaleidoscope.
   • Like scholars picking over the childhood of Buddha, we want to understand how Lennon became the man he did, but there’s also a purity to this portrayal because it presents Lennon before the prism of fame split him into his kaleidoscopic multitude of facets that allowed artists to imprint their own ideas of what John Lennon was or should have been. 2020 December 8, David Barnett, “How John Lennon was made into a myth”, in BBC Online:

Forms

Deriveds

kaleidoscopically

Translations (9)

ca calidoscòpic (relating to a kaleidoscope) · sv kaleidoskopisk (relating to a kaleidoscope) · sv brokig (brightly coloured, changing in pattern) · ko 만화경(萬華鏡) 같은 (relating to a kaleidoscope) · eo kalejdoskopa (relating to a kaleidoscope) · sv skimrande (brightly coloured, changing in pattern) · sv kaleidoskopisk (brightly coloured, changing in pattern) · tk kaleýdoskopik (relating to a kaleidoscope) · vo laidacenöl (brightly coloured, changing in pattern)