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varicolored

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From vari- + color + -ed.

  1. Having a variety of colors; variegated or motley.

    […] the habit of the greater part of them is only a wreath of Callico tyed about their heads; their mid-parts are circled with a Zone of vari-colored plad, and have Sandalls upon their feet, elsewhere being naked […]

    The Fisherman looked into the water and was much astonished to see therein vari-coloured fishes, white and red, blue and yellow; however he cast his net and, hauling it in, saw that he had netted four fishes, one of each colour.