particoloured en · ADJ
Meanings
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Made up of sections having different, often bright, colours.
Near-synonyms: multicolored, multicolor, polychromatic, varicolored, variegated; see also Thesaurus:multicolored
O foolish one! this molded earth is naught; This particolored vault of heaven is naught; Our sojourn in this seat of life and death Is but one breath, and what is that but naught?
1883, Omar Khayyám, translated by Edward Henry Whinfield, Quatrains of Omar Khayyám, No. 78, page 54:I selected a pair of loose, dark trousers bound at the waist with a russet sash, a tunic with an open neck and large pockets, and a cloak of the true fuligin of that guild of which I am still officially a master, lined with particolored brocade.
1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter XXV, in The Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York: Tor Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 149:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more particoloured | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most particoloured | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| particolored | alternative | lexicographic | |
| parti-colored | alternative | lexicographic | |
| party-coloured | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
particoloured bat · particoloured bear
Synonyms
colorific · multicolorous · varicolored · rainbow · particolored (US) / particoloured · multichromatic · motley · polychromate · particolour · rainbow-colored (US) / rainbow-coloured · multicolor · multicolored · discolored [⇒ thesaurus] (US · multicolored (US) / multicoloured · polyhued · many-coloured · tissued · polychromed · aurora-colored (US) / aurora-coloured · polychromatic · colorful (US) / colourful · variegated · kaleidoscopic · multihued · obsolete) / discoloured · variegated · polychromatic · prismatic · multicolor (US) / multicolour
Translations (6)
la versicolor (made up of sections having different colours) · mi ingoingo (made up of sections having different colours) · grc ποικίλος (made up of sections having different colours) · gd dà-dhathach (made up of sections having different colours) · bg разноцветен (made up of sections having different colours) · bg пъстър (made up of sections having different colours)