kaleidoscopic

[ kuh-lahy-duh-skop-ik ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or created by a kaleidoscope.
2. changing form, pattern, color, etc., in a manner suggesting a kaleidoscope.
3. continually shifting from one set of relations to another; rapidly changing:

   the kaleidoscopic events of the past year.

   Synonyms: variable, protean, changeable

Other Words From

• ka·leido·scopi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of kaleidoscopic¹

First recorded in 1840–50; kaleidoscope + -ic

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