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ka⋅lei⋅do⋅scop⋅ic

  [kuh-lahy-duh-skop-ik]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or created by a kaleidoscope.
2. changing form, pattern, color, etc., in a manner suggesting a kaleidoscope.
3. continually shifting from one set of relations to another; rapidly changing: the kaleidoscopic events of the past year.
Also, ka⋅lei⋅do⋅scop⋅i⋅cal.

Origin:
1840–50; kaleidoscope + -ic

Related forms:
ka⋅lei⋅do⋅scop⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
3. changeable, fluctuating, protean, variable.
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ka·lei·do·scope   (kə-lī'də-skōp')   
n.  

  1. A tube-shaped optical instrument that is rotated to produce a succession of symmetrical designs by means of mirrors reflecting the constantly changing patterns made by bits of colored glass at one end of the tube.

  2. A constantly changing set of colors.

  3. A series of changing phases or events: a kaleidoscope of illusions.


[Greek kalos, beautiful + eidos, form; see weid- in Indo-European roots + -scope.]
ka·lei'do·scop'ic (-skŏp'ĭk), ka·lei'do·scop'i·cal adj., ka·lei'do·scop'i·cal·ly adv.
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