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variegated

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WOTD – 27 April 2008

Etymology

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Fromvariegate +‎-ed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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variegated (comparativemorevariegated,superlativemostvariegated)

  1. Streaked,spotted, or otherwisemarked with avariety of color.
    Synonyms:patterned;see alsoThesaurus:marked
    • 1769,Firishta, translated byAlexander Dow,Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iii:
      There I beheld the painter of the year diſplaying hisvariegated fancies on his leafy tablets, and, with the pencil of power dipped in the æthereal bow, writing the leſſons of wiſdom divine on the fair forehead of blooming Nature.
    • 1886,Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad,Folk and Fairy Tales, page279:
      From the heights a view was now and then obtained between the lofty pine and fir-trees of the valley below with its smiling fields andvariegated woods of birch and alder trees, between which the river wound like a narrow silvery streak.
  2. (by extension) Verycolorful.
    Synonyms:motley,multicolored,polychromatic;see alsoThesaurus:multicolored
  3. (by extension)Varied,heterogeneous,motley
    • 1996 September, “No Double Standard”, inGay Community News, page 4:
      The challenge to heterosexuality requires that we claim, not deny, our queeer character. It's sexual, it'svariegated, sometimetimes its messy and, for better or worse, it's ours.

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Translations

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streaked or spotted with a variety of colours

Verb

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variegated

  1. simplepast andpastparticiple ofvariegate
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