variegationn.

Brit.

/vɛːrɪəˈɡeɪʃən/,

/vɛːrɪˈɡeɪʃən/, U.S.

/ˌvɛr(i)əˈɡeɪʃən/

Etymology: < variegate v. Compare Spanish variegacion, Portuguese variegação.

a. The condition or quality of being variegated or varied in colour; diversity of colour or the production of this; spec. in Botany, the presence of two or more colours in the leaves, petals, or other parts of plants; also, defective or special development leading to such colouring.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > [noun]

variety1555

piedness1588

variegation1646

variegatedness1668

motleyness1819

chequering1847

mackereling1866

sparkiness1868

piebaldness1875

particolouring1880

piebaldism1881

piebalding1886

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 364 He..that could content himselfe..that the variegation of Birds was from their living in the Sunne.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Variegation, a garnishing with divers colours.

1759 S. Johnson Idler 7 July 209 I happened to catch a Moth of peculiar variegation.

1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 3 The variegation..of colours among the human race.

1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 142/1 This variegation of the leaves sometimes disappears.

1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. iii. i. 745 Variegation in leaves must be regarded as a diseased condition of the cells of which they are composed.

1882 G. Allen in Nature 3 Aug. 323/2 When we come to consider the subject of variegation [of colours in flowers] and of reversion.

b. With a and plural. Also, a variegated marking.

ΚΠ

1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 77 in Sylva Plant them [tulips] in natural earth somewhat impoverish'd with very fine sand; else they will soon lose their variegations.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Florist's Year Remembering always 'tis Nourishment is the Cause of Variegations in Plants.

1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 48 The beautiful variegations in them [specimens of marble] may have probably been occasioned by the mineral vapours.

1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 78 Its colours..passing into variegations.

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 471 Body brown, smooth, with white variegations.

1884 R. Browning Ferishtah's Fancies (1885) 112 And where's the gloom now?—silver-smitten straight, One glow and variegation!

a. The action or process of diversifying or rendering varied in character; an instance or occasion of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun]

manifoldnesseOE

serenessa1300

diversityc1340

sundernessc1390

diversenessa1400

seretya1400

variancea1400

sundryhead?a1425

sundrinessa1450

variety1548

multivariety1601

diversifying1611

inconstancy1646

heterogeneity1651

variousness1651

heterogeneousness1662

variegation1668

multifariousness1684

miscellaneousness1727

miscellaneity1778

versatility1802

omnifariousness1806

motleyness1819

many-headedness1847

heterology1854

unhomogeneity1862

diversitude1870

variedness1897

polycentricity1915

inhomogeneity1916

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > a variant or variation

variance1497

vary1600

variousness1628

varying1628

variegation1668

modification1669

diversificationa1676

variation1699

variant1849

1668 H. More Divine Dialogues: Two Last Dial. lii. xxiii. 451 There being Folly and Wickedness all over the World, it is better there should be this variegation of it, then that it should be every-where in the same dress.

a1680 J. Glanvill Disc. Serm. & Rem. (1681) x. 376 His attributes are but the several modes and variegations of Almighty Love.

1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 49 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. For Variegation..nothing is more useful than The Antithesis, or See-saw.

1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 375 That variegation of time by terms and vacations.

1777 S. Johnson Let. 6 Sept. (1992) III. 61 Do not omit painful casualties, or unpleasing passages, they make the variegation of existence.

1834 H. Martineau Moral Many Fables iii. 85 The diversity of production which takes place on the earth, occasioning..a perpetual variegation and augmentation of commodities.

†b. Alternation of (one thing with another). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > alternation > [noun]

interchangingc1374

alternationc1443

alternement1483

interchange1559

intercourse1571

reciprocation1586

circulation1597

counterchange1602

interchangeableness1606

subalternation1616

vicissitude1624

alternity1646

alternacy1650

alternative1732

variegation1781

fluctuation1802

alternance1826

up and down1855

intermittence1860

1781 S. Johnson Addison in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets V. 15 His..variegation of prose and verse..gains upon the reader.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	variegation
释义	variegationn. Brit. /vɛːrɪəˈɡeɪʃən/, /vɛːrɪˈɡeɪʃən/, U.S. /ˌvɛr(i)əˈɡeɪʃən/ Etymology: < variegate v. Compare Spanish variegacion, Portuguese variegação. 1. a. The condition or quality of being variegated or varied in colour; diversity of colour or the production of this; spec. in Botany, the presence of two or more colours in the leaves, petals, or other parts of plants; also, defective or special development leading to such colouring. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [noun] variety1555 piedness1588 variegation1646 variegatedness1668 motleyness1819 chequering1847 mackereling1866 sparkiness1868 piebaldness1875 particolouring1880 piebaldism1881 piebalding1886 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 364 He..that could content himselfe..that the variegation of Birds was from their living in the Sunne. View more context for this quotation 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Variegation, a garnishing with divers colours. 1759 S. Johnson Idler 7 July 209 I happened to catch a Moth of peculiar variegation. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 3 The variegation..of colours among the human race. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 142/1 This variegation of the leaves sometimes disappears. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. iii. i. 745 Variegation in leaves must be regarded as a diseased condition of the cells of which they are composed. 1882 G. Allen in Nature 3 Aug. 323/2 When we come to consider the subject of variegation [of colours in flowers] and of reversion. b. With a and plural. Also, a variegated marking. ΚΠ 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 77 in Sylva Plant them [tulips] in natural earth somewhat impoverish'd with very fine sand; else they will soon lose their variegations. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Florist's Year Remembering always 'tis Nourishment is the Cause of Variegations in Plants. 1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 48 The beautiful variegations in them [specimens of marble] may have probably been occasioned by the mineral vapours. 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 78 Its colours..passing into variegations. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 471 Body brown, smooth, with white variegations. 1884 R. Browning Ferishtah's Fancies (1885) 112 And where's the gloom now?—silver-smitten straight, One glow and variegation! 2. a. The action or process of diversifying or rendering varied in character; an instance or occasion of this. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] manifoldnesseOE serenessa1300 diversityc1340 sundernessc1390 diversenessa1400 seretya1400 variancea1400 sundryhead?a1425 sundrinessa1450 variety1548 multivariety1601 diversifying1611 inconstancy1646 heterogeneity1651 variousness1651 heterogeneousness1662 variegation1668 multifariousness1684 miscellaneousness1727 miscellaneity1778 versatility1802 omnifariousness1806 motleyness1819 many-headedness1847 heterology1854 unhomogeneity1862 diversitude1870 variedness1897 polycentricity1915 inhomogeneity1916 the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > a variant or variation variance1497 vary1600 variousness1628 varying1628 variegation1668 modification1669 diversificationa1676 variation1699 variant1849 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues: Two Last Dial. lii. xxiii. 451 There being Folly and Wickedness all over the World, it is better there should be this variegation of it, then that it should be every-where in the same dress. a1680 J. Glanvill Disc. Serm. & Rem. (1681) x. 376 His attributes are but the several modes and variegations of Almighty Love. 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 49 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. For Variegation..nothing is more useful than The Antithesis, or See-saw. 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 375 That variegation of time by terms and vacations. 1777 S. Johnson Let. 6 Sept. (1992) III. 61 Do not omit painful casualties, or unpleasing passages, they make the variegation of existence. 1834 H. Martineau Moral Many Fables iii. 85 The diversity of production which takes place on the earth, occasioning..a perpetual variegation and augmentation of commodities. †b. Alternation of (one thing with another). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > alternation > [noun] interchangingc1374 alternationc1443 alternement1483 interchange1559 intercourse1571 reciprocation1586 circulation1597 counterchange1602 interchangeableness1606 subalternation1616 vicissitude1624 alternity1646 alternacy1650 alternative1732 variegation1781 fluctuation1802 alternance1826 up and down1855 intermittence1860 1781 S. Johnson Addison in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets V. 15 His..variegation of prose and verse..gains upon the reader. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1646
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