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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class III. Words Relating to Matter |
| Section III. Organic Matter |
| 2. Sensation |
| Complementary Colors |
| 440. Variegation. |
| NOUN: | VARIEGATION; dichroism, trichroism; iridescence, irisation, play of colors, polychrome, maculation, spottiness, striæ. [COMPARISONS] spectrum, rainbow, iris, tulip, peacock, chameleon, butterfly, zebra, leopard, jaguar, panther, cheetah, ocelot, ophite, nacre, mother-of-pearl, tortoise shell; opal, cymophane, marble; mackerel, mackerel sky; harlequin; Joseph’s coat; tricolor. CHECK, plaid, tartan, patchwork; marquetry, parquet, parquetry, mosaic, tesseræ, tessellation, checkerwork; chessboard, checkers or chequers. |
| VERB: | VARIEGATE, stripe, streak, checker or chequer, fleck, bespeckle, speckle, besprinkle, sprinkle; stipple, maculate, dot, bespot; tattoo, inlay, tessellate. damascene; embroider, braid, quilt. be variegated &c. adj. |
| ADJECTIVE: | VARIEGATED &c. v.; many-colored, many-hued; divers-colored, party-colored or parti-colored, dichromatic, polychromatic; bicolor, tricolor, versi-color; of all the colors of the rainbow, of all manner of colors; kaleidoscopic, nævose or nevose, dædal. IRIDESCENT, opaline, opalescent, prismatic, nacreous, pearly, shot, gorge de pigeon [F.], chatoyant; irised, irisated, pavonine; tortoise-shell. MOTTLED, pied, piebald, skewbald; motley, marbled, pepper-and-salt, paned, dappled, clouded, cymophanous. CHECKERED or chequered, mosaic, tessellated, plaid. SPOTTED, spotty; punctate or punctated [rare], powdered; speckled &c. v.; freckled, flea-bitten, studded; flecked, fleckered. STRIATED, barred, veined; brinded, brindled, tabby; watered; strigose, strigillose, strigate, striolate; listed; embroidered &c. v. |
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