variegated
/ˈvɛ(ə)ɹi.əˌɡeɪtɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Very colorful.
adj
verb
simple past and past participle of variegate
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁wh₂-s-? Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós ▲ Proto-Italic *-jōsinflu. Proto-Italic *-jos Proto-Italic *wasios? Latin varius Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Late Latin variegōbor. English variegate English -ed English variegated From variegate + -ed.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈvɛ(ə)ɹi.əˌɡeɪtɪd/
- British English: /ˈvɛəɹi.əˌɡeɪtɪd/
Inflected Forms
more variegated (comparative)
most variegated (superlative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
patterned
distinct
marked
figured
motley
multicolored
polychromatic
aurora-colored (US) / aurora-coloured
colorful (US) / colourful
colorific
discolored [⇒ thesaurus] (US
obsolete) / discoloured