many-coloured
many-coloured adjective: composed of a great number of different colours; multicoloured; variegated.
Adjective
many-coloured (not comparable)
- Composed of a great number of different colours; multicoloured; variegated.
- In the hollow, a large mezerian bush gave life to the green expanse; the anemones opened their many-coloured petals to the sun; the tulips were just opening; and there seemed scarcely any need of greater variety, or of sweeter smells, than those which the hyacinths afforded.1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter XIII, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 281
- On it came, and with it came the glorious blinding cloud of many-coloured light, and stood before us for a space, turning, as it seemed to us, slowly round and round, and then, accompanied by its attendant pomp of sound, passed away I know not whither.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
Forms of many-coloured
| alternative form | manycoloured |
|---|---|
| alternative form | manicoloured |
| alternative Canada US | many-colored |
| alternative Canada US | manycolored |
| alternative Canada US | manicolored |
Origin of many-coloured
From many + colour + -ed.
Questions about many-coloured
- What does many-coloured mean?
- Many-coloured means composed of a great number of different colours; multicoloured; variegated.
- What part of speech is many-coloured?
- Many-coloured is an adjective.
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