varicolored

/'veəri,kʌləd/ Cách viết khác : (varicoloured) /'veəri,kʌləd/
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varicolored

The jester's varicolored costume stood out in the royal court.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly: Describes something that is marked with multiple distinct colors, often in a vivid or striking pattern.
    • Having a variety of colors: Describes something that is multicolored or composed of several different colors.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • The varicolored leaves of autumn covered the forest floor.
    • She wore a beautiful, varicolored scarf that she had knitted herself.
    • The artist used a varicolored palette to create a vibrant and lively painting.
Advanced Usage
  • "Varicolored" is often used in more formal, literary, or descriptive contexts to add a sense of vividness or specific detail about color variety. It is less common in everyday speech than synonyms like "multicolored."
    • The varicolored plumage of the tropical bird made it easy to spot among the green foliage.
Variants and Related Words
  • Varicoloured (adj): The British English spelling of "varicolored."
  • Multicolored (adj): Having many colors. (A more common synonym).
  • Particolored (adj): Having different colors in different parts; patterned with contrasting colors.
  • Piebald (adj): (Especially of a horse) having irregular patches of two colors, typically black and white.
  • Pied (adj): Having two or more different colors, typically in irregular patches.
  • Motley (adj): Incongruously varied in appearance or character; varied in color.
Synonyms
  • Multicolored
  • Polychromatic
  • Rainbow
  • Kaleidoscopic
  • Prismatic
  • Colorful
Antonyms
  • Monochrome
  • Solid-colored
  • Uniform
  • Achromatic
Related Phrases and Idioms
  • A riot of color: An idiom describing a very bright and varied mixture of colors, similar in meaning to "varicolored."
    • The garden in spring was a riot of color.
varicolored

The jester's varicolored costume stood out in the royal court.

Adjective
  1. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
    • a jester dressed in motley
    • the painted desert
    • a particolored dress
    • a piebald horse
    • pied daisies
  2. having a variety of colors