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polyhued

polyhued adjective: being multiple hues.

Adjective

polyhued (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Being multiple hues.
    • multifaceted, polyhued children, / angry and loving, pallid an bronzed, […]1978, Grito Del Sol, page 102
    • […] reaches out her earthen hand and manipulates a rainbow of pulsators : the fingers meander through the polyhued tumescent tubers, bringing succor to aching machinations as they explode, erupting with fury and programmed responses, […]1989, Ricardo Sánchez, Bertrand & the mehkqoverse: a xicano filmic nuance, →ISBN, page 6

Examples of polyhued in a sentence

  • A world where polyhued people kicked it without ever even considering the concept that someone was an "other." One nation under a freakishly funky groove.2007, Shawn Taylor, Tribe Called Quest's People's Instinctive Travels, →ISBN, page 24:
  • Mandy was in the bedroom, face down on her polyhued Latina bedspread.2013, Jude Cook, Byron Easy, →ISBN, page 301:

Synonyms of polyhued

Origin of polyhued

From poly- + hue + -ed.

Questions about polyhued

What does polyhued mean?
Polyhued means being multiple hues.
How do you use polyhued in a sentence?
A world where polyhued people kicked it without ever even considering the concept that someone was an "other." One nation under a freakishly funky groove.
What part of speech is polyhued?
Polyhued is an adjective.

Words near polyhued in the dictionary

  1. polyhomonucleotides
  2. polyhormonal
  3. polyhostal
  4. polyhouse
  5. polyhouses
  6. polyhued
  7. polyhumic
  8. polyhybrid
  9. polyhybrids
  10. polyhydramnic
  11. polyhydramnion

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