Coloured, stained, streaked; particoloured, variegated. Also in combinations as gold-faw.

Of a mixed colour; variegated, motley. Obsolete.

Spotted; dappled; variegated.

Diversified in colour; variegated; particoloured; chequered; multicoloured. Formerly also: †made of motley (sense A. 1a) (obsolete).

Originally of a friar's habit: black and white. Now chiefly of a mammal: = piebald, adj. 2.

Covered or marked with specks or spots; speckled; chequered, dappled, variegated.

Particoloured, variegated.

Particoloured, variegated. Now archaic (rare after early 18th cent.).

Combined together so as to produce a particoloured or variegated effect; divided into parts of different colours; particoloured; variegated, pied; =…

Spotted, speckled, variegated; mottled; blemished.

Of a garment, piece of fabric, etc.: woven out of many different or different-coloured threads; multicoloured. Also as n.: a multicoloured precious…

parti-coloured.

Varied or variegated in colour.

Variously coloured; of different colours; variegated, particoloured. Obsolete.

Particoloured, variegated, chequered. Formerly also (occasionally): †diverse, varied (obsolete).

Varied in colour; variegated. Obsolete.

Particoloured, pied, piebald.

Marked with flecks or spots; dappled, streaked, variegated.

Resembling a magpie in appearance; pied, piebald.

Of a mixed or variegated colour or weave. Cf. medley, n. 1. Obsolete.

Partly of one colour and partly of another or others; variegated; esp. (of a dog or other animal) having a coat of with two or more colours in…

That has been steeped in or preserved with pickle, alcohol, a chemical preparation, etc. Formerly also: †filled with pickle (obsolete).

Vari-coloured, variegated; esp. in the names of birds or animals.

Of textile fabrics: woven in mixed colours.

particoloured.

Diversified in colour, variegated; marked with alternate light and shade.

composed of several different colours; (also perhaps) having some particular dark colour.

Of a horse or other animal: having black and white patches; pied; (more widely) having patches of other colours, particoloured (rare). Cf. skewbald…

Of leaves or petals, timber, etc.: Having feather-like markings.

Variegated; of diverse or various colours; marked with patches or spots of different colours; (also) capable of changing colour over time. Now rare…

Particoloured. Also figurative.

Beautified with various colours.

Varied in colour; vari-coloured, variegated. Chiefly poetic.

Marbled, speckled.

Mottled, varicoloured. Cf. cangeant, adj.

= versicoloured, adj.

figurative. Composed of miscellaneous pieces or elements; made up of odds and ends.

transferred. Variegated; diapered.

With past participles, adjectives, or present participles, as variously-coloured, variously-conditioned, variously-shaped, variously-working, various…

Marked with patches or spots of different colours; varied in colour; of diverse or various colours; many-coloured, vari-coloured; spec. in Botany…

Resembling or reminiscent of agate; marked like an agate.

Of various or different colours; variegated in colour.

= damasked, adj. 3 (? a misprint).

= piety, adj.

Changing or varying in colour; iridescent; also, of various colours, variegated.

combining form, < Latin dīversus diverse, adj.: used in some English words, chiefly technical, as diverˈsicolor adj., diˈversicoloured adj. of…

Designating various types of materials, work, etc., having or forming colours or patterns resembling those of mosaic work.

attributive or as adj. Having the characteristics of a harlequin or of his dress; burlesque, ludicrous; particoloured.

Spangled, flecked, variegated, etc. Usually of cattle.

simple attrib. (or adj.) Coloured in a way suggestive of printed calico; variegated, piebald. Chiefly of horses. Also as n., a calico horse. U.S.

Piebald, variegated, patchy in colouring.

varied-coloured, varied-winged adjs.

Botany and Zoology. Of different colours; = discolorous, adj.

of different colours, as the florets of some Compositæ, e.g. the daisy and asters.

Resembling jasper; mottled or variegated.

Of a different or contrasting colour; = discolorous, adj. 1. Obsolete.

Botany. Of different colours; having parts of different colours, particoloured; esp. (of a leaf) having the upper and lower surfaces of different…

Like jasper in appearance or structure.

Of steel and other metal-work. transferred.

Relating to or possessing more than one colour; relating to light or other radiation of more than one wavelength. Also figurative.

Of various tints or colours.

attributive passing into adj. Executed by the art or method of batik; of, or ornamented with, batik work; hence, loosely, characterized by a…

= varicoloured, adj.

poetic. Mixed, mangled. rare.

Of or pertaining to damask (sense 3).

Medicine. Of the fundus of the eye: having granular pigmentation, with a finely speckled appearance; (also) designating this appearance.

= particoloured, adj.