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kaleidoscope

/kəˈlaɪ.dəˌskoʊp/

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What does kaleidoscope mean?

noun

  1. An instrument consisting of a tube containing mirrors and loose, colourful beads or other objects; when the tube is looked into and rotated, a succession of symmetrical designs can be seen.
  2. (figuratively) A constantly changing series of colours or other things.
  3. A swarm of butterflies.
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verb

  1. To move in shifting (and often attractive or colourful) patterns.

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/kəˈlaɪ.dəˌskoʊp/

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Every hour the kaleidoscope of human affairs threw a new lustre upon something, and therewith it became for her the desired—the all.
Theodore DreiserSister Carrie: A NovelProject Gutenberg ebook #233
I amuse myself sometimes with my kaleidoscope, but I can never reproduce a figure.
Charles Dudley WarnerThe Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2671
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Going back again to our kaleidoscope, we can clearly see that without it, and its tinted beads, no such optical illusion is possible.
Thomas H. Burgoyne; Belle M. WagnerThe Light of Egypt; Or, The Science of the Soul and the Stars — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #1650
It was like trying to steer by one particular phase in a kaleidoscope.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137
It was marvellous, a feast for the eyes, this complication of coloured tints, a perfect kaleidoscope of green, yellow, orange, violet, indigo, and blue; in one word, the whole palette of an enthusiastic colourist!
Jules VerneTwenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #164