versicolour

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adjective

Having changing or varied colours.

OriginLatin versicolor →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

adjectiveversicolour (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareHaving changing or varied colours.

    neat gardens, full of exotic, versicolour, diversely varied, sweet-smelling flowers, and plants in all kinds[…].

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 2, member 4

Origin

  1. Latinversicolor
  2. Englishversicolour

From Latin versicolor.

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APA

versicolour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/versicolour

MLA

“versicolour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/versicolour. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “versicolour,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/versicolour.

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