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Antonyms for variegated


Grammar : Adj
Spell : vair-ee-i-gey-tid, vair-i-gey-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛər i ɪˌgeɪ tɪd, ˈvɛər ɪˌgeɪ-



Definition of variegated

Origin :
  • "to mark with different colors," 1640s (implied in variegation), from Late Latin variegatus "made of various sorts or colors," past participle of variegare "diversify with different colors," from varius "spotted, changing, varying" (see vary) + root of agere "to drive" (see act). Related: Variegated; vareiegating.
  • adj diversified; varicolored
Example sentences :
  • Tulips are opening their variegated cups, and daffodils line the walls.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Do not manure the ground for golden or variegated leaved shrubs.
  • Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various
  • There was a confident impelling forward of the shaft of the variegated standard.
  • Extract from : « Y Gododin » by Aneurin
  • The gills are attached, not broad, ascending, variegated with gray and black.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The gills are adnexed, dark slate-colored, variegated with black spores.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The tail of the former kind is variegated in a circle; of the other, white at the side.
  • Extract from : « The Sportsman » by Xenophon
  • Thus he fell, and his armour, variegated with brass, rang about him.
  • Extract from : « The Iliad of Homer (1873) » by Homer
  • The beauty in its variegated stone with the sunlight upon it attracts me.
  • Extract from : « Patchwork » by Anna Balmer Myers
  • With them were "ladies' men," in variegated golf-stockings and gorgeous hat-bands.
  • Extract from : « Stanford Stories » by Charles K. Field
  • The largest of their family is the teguexin, or variegated lizard.
  • Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston

Synonyms for variegated

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