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ˈmulti-coloured, a. [multi- 1.] Of many or various colours; many-coloured.
1845Hirst Poems 65 Butterflies on every floweret wave their multi-coloured wings. 1859Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 417 Multicoloured streamers of attenuated ribbon. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 465 A rare but striking development of the ring formation is the production of multicoloured concentric circles.
Add:2. Bridge. Designating an opening bid of two diamonds used conventionally to indicate one of three or four types of hand, the nature of the hand being clarified in the second round. Cf. *multi n. 2, *multi-purpose a. 2.
1976Bridge Mag. July 30/2 An eccentric multi-coloured two diamond bid gave the ladies trouble. 1977Guardian 11 June 14/4 Nardin and Lodge love gadgets, and the following deal was a triumph for one of their latest ‘toys’, the Multi-Coloured 2D opening. 1991G. Thompson Bridge Player's Dict. 71 Multicoloured two diamond opener, a conventional 2♢ opener used to show two or three distinctly different types of hand, including at least one weak and one strong type. |