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variegated
/ˈvɛ(ə)ɹi.əˌɡeɪtɪd/
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What does variegated mean?
adjective
- Streaked, spotted, or otherwise marked with a variety of color.
- Very colorful.
- Varied, heterogeneous, motley
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verb
- simple past and past participle of variegate
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈvɛ(ə)ɹi.əˌɡeɪtɪd/
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The black or variegated marble out of which this image is carved has not been found in place in Ohio.
That letter is a juicily dramatic incident and is entitled to all its celebrity, because of the odd and variegated effects which it produced.
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Around the office, crate manufactory, and paying booth were gathered over a thousand people--a motley and variegated crowd, that the South only can produce.
As a rule, the yellow-leaved, spotted-leaved, variegated, and other abnormal “foliage” plants are less hardy and less reliable than the green-leaved or “natural” forms.
Wherever Chromatistes,—for by that name the most trustworthy authorities concur in calling him,—turned his variegated frame, there he at once excited attention, and attracted respect.