particoloured

English

Alternative forms

particolored (US)
parti-colored

Adjective

particoloured (comparative more particoloured, superlative most particoloured)

Made up of sections having different, often bright, colours.
- 1883, Omar Khayyám, trans. Edward Henry Whinfield, Quatrains of Omar Khayyám, No. 78, page 54:
  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?

Synonyms

motley, multicolored, polychromatic; see also Thesaurus:multicolored

Derived terms

particoloured bat
particoloured bear

Translations

made up of sections having different colours

Greek:
Ancient: ποικίλος (poikílos)
Latin: versicolor

Maori: ingoingo
Scottish Gaelic: dà-dhathach

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