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kaleidoscopic, a.|kəlaɪdəʊˈskɒpɪk|
[f. kaleidoscope n. + -ic.]
Of or belonging to the kaleidoscope; exhibiting brightly coloured or continually varying figures like those seen in the kaleidoscope. a. With reference to (changing) colours.
1846in Worcester. 1853Forbes & Hanley Hist. Brit. Mollusca I. 9 Few bodies..exhibit such exquisite and kaleidoscopic figures as these..displayed in the combinations of the compound Ascidians. 1873G. C. Davies Mount. & Mere viii. 56 Kaleidoscopic effects of sunshine and shade.
b. fig.
1855H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (1872) I. ii. ii. 182 A perpetual kaleidoscopic change of feelings. 1858O. W. Holmes Aut. Breakf.-t. (1865) 153 An array of pleasant kaleidoscopic phrases. 1884Pub. Opinion 12 Sept. 318/2 One brief incident of a kaleidoscopic career. |