Meanings
- not comparableStrikingly multicolored, as if by polychromy.
He designed several remarkable buildings in and around Vienna, like the factory for the Zacherl family’s insecticide business, a striking polychromed brick building with pointed arches, minarets and a dome, explicitly Islamic in style.
2007 July 8, Christopher Gray, “Beyond Decay, a Fantastical Three-Story Concoction”, in New York TimesSynonyms: motley, multicolored, polychromatic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveStrikingly multicolored, as if by polychromy.
Origin
Past participle of polychrome (verb).
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