CHECKERED

checkered

(adjective) marked by changeable fortune; “a checkered business career”

checked, checkered, chequered

(adjective) patterned with alternating squares of color

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

checkered (comparative more checkered, superlative most checkered)

Divided into squares, or into light and dark patches.

(figurative) Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty.

Verb

checkered

simple past tense and past participle of checker

Anagrams

• rechecked

Source: Wiktionary

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Check"ered, a.

1. Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material. Dancing in the checkered shade. Milton.

2. Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc. This checkered narrative. Macaulay.

CHECKER

Check"er, n. Etym: [From Check, v. t.]

Definition: One who checks.

Check"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checkered; p. pr. & vb. n. Checkering.] Etym: [From OF. eschequier a chessboard, F. échiquier. See Check, n., and cf. 3d Checker.]

1. To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors.

2. To variegate or diversify with different qualities, color, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosterity and adversity. Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood. Addison.

Check"er, n. Etym: [OF. eschequier. See Checker, v. t.]

1. A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.

2. A pattern in checks; a single check.

3. Checkerwork.

Note: This word is also written chequer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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