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variegated

[ vair-ee-i-gey-tid, vair-i-gey- ]

adjective

  1. varied in appearance or color; marked with patches or spots of different colors.
  2. varied; diversified; diverse.


variegated

/ ˈvɛərɪˌɡeɪtɪd /

adjective

  1. displaying differently coloured spots, patches, streaks, etc
  2. (of foliage or flowers) having pale patches, usually as a result of mutation, infection, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • un·vari·e·gated adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of variegated1

First recorded in 1655–65; variegate + -ed 2
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Example Sentences

The essay “The Ballad of Sexual Optimism” interrogates similarly thorny issues, from consent and coercion to the variegated sweep of sexual preferences.

These variegated formats point to a further awakening by playwrights and directors to the notion that the toolboxes of performance have to be broken open, their contents spilled everywhere.

Muslim Americans are valuable, if largely unrecognized, assets to a variegated American fabric.

The Variegated Horsetail is not exclusively maritime, however, for it sometimes grows by the sides of rivers and ponds.

Their colour is generally of a cinereous hue, but a few were noticed that were variegated black and white.

The uropygium also, which in the European bird is entirely white, is in our specimen partially variegated with black.

They present a remarkable appearance; the leaves are fatty and shining, the flowers large and variegated.

He was the first who painted woman with brilliant drapery and variegated head-dresses.

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