many-coloured
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Composed of a great number of different colours; multicoloured; variegated.
Example Sentences
- "In the hollow, a large mezerian bush gave life to the green expanse; the anemones opened their many-coloured petals to the sun; the tulips were just opening; and there seemed scarcely any need of greater variety, or of sweeter smells, than those which the hyacinths afforded."
- "On it came, and with it came the glorious blinding cloud of many-coloured light, and stood before us for a space, turning, as it seemed to us, slowly round and round, and then, accompanied by its attendant pomp of sound, passed away I know not whither."
Etymology
From many + colour + -ed.
Inflected Forms
manycoloured (alternative)
manicoloured (alternative)
many-colored (alternative, Canada)
manycolored (alternative, Canada)
manicolored (alternative, Canada)