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Today's Word "variegated"

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variegated \VAIR-ee-uh-gay-tid\ (adjective) - 1 : Having marks or patches of different colors; as, "variegated leaves or flowers." 2 : Varied; distinguished or characterized by variety; diversified.

"They also attempt to appraise its color, which can vary from a bluish-gray variegated with black and white to a tawny cream variegated with brown." -- Amadou Hampaté Bâ, 'The Fortunes of Wangrin'

 

Variegated derives from the past participle of Late Latin variegare, from Latin varius, "various" + agere, "to do, to make."


 

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