multicolored

[ muhl-ti-kuhl-erd, muhl-ti-kuhl-erd ]
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adjective
  1. of several or many colors.

Origin of multicolored

1
First recorded in 1835–45; multi- + colored

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How to use multicolored in a sentence

  • She never mounted to the heavy mullioned embrazure with the multi-colored glass shot through with drunken, despairing daylight.

    Melomaniacs | James Huneker
  • On the wide rail shelf blazed a glory of multi-colored cacti artistically potted in harmoniously contrasting cool-gray jars.

    The Song of the Wolf | Frank Mayer
  • The multi-colored markings of the ocean and the sharp line of the horizon finished a very picture of pitiless heat.

    The Cruise of the Dry Dock | T. S. Stribling
  • Night was beginning to fall and multi-colored signals showed their points of light as the train sped past way stations.

    A Royal Prisoner | Pierre Souvestre