variegated

CEFRC1

/ˈvɛəɹi.əˌɡeɪtɪd/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Having different colors or patterns on the same surface.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Varied, heterogeneous, motley

Examples

  • I like plants with variegated leaves because solid colors are so boring.

  • Ziri has a variegated ivy.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈvæɹ-/
  • /ˈvɛəɹɪˌɡeɪtɪd/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings
  1. Very colorful.

  2. Streaked, spotted, or otherwise marked with a variety of color.

verb

Extra meaning
  1. simple past and past participle of variegate

More examples

In context
  • 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 and variegated woods of birch and alder trees, between which the river wound like a narrow silvery streak.

  • There I beheld the painter of the year diſplaying his variegated 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.

  • The challenge to heterosexuality requires that we claim, not deny, our queer character. It's sexual, it's variegated, sometimetimes its messy and, for better or worse, it's ours.

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Origin

adjective

From variegate + -ed.