Meanings
present singular third person variegates · participle present variegating · participle past variegated · past variegated
- transitiveTo change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of different colour.
Synonyms: redecorate, remodel, reskin
comparative more variegate · superlative most variegate
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of different colour.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁wh₂-s-?
- Proto-Italic*wasios?
- Latinvarius
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
- Proto-Italic*agō
- Latinagō
- Late Latinvariegō
- Englishvariegate
From Late Latin variegāre (“to make of various sorts or colors”), from Latin varius (“various”) + agere (“to make, do”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian пъстря
- пъстря (păstrja)covering with patches or streaks of different colour
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variegate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/variegate
“variegate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/variegate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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