MULTICOLORED

motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured

(adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; “a jester dressed in motley”; “the painted desert”; “a particolored dress”; “a piebald horse”; “pied daisies”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

multicolored (comparative more multicolored, superlative most multicolored)

(American spelling) Having multiple colors.

Synonyms

• multicolor (US), multicolour (UK)

• polychromatic

• multichromatic

• particolored (US), particoloured (UK)

• multihued; polyhued (rare)

• See also multicolored

Source: Wiktionary



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26 November 2024

TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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