[
US
/ˌməɫtiˈkəɫɝd/
]
ADJECTIVE
-
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
a jester dressed in motley
a particolored dress
the painted desert
pied daisies
a piebald horse
How To Use multicolored In A Sentence
- It was purfled about the rim of the soundbox with trapezia of shimmering mother-of-pearl, and it had a black strikeplate in the shape of a clematis flower, inlaid with multicoloured blossoms that were purely the result of an exuberant craftsman's imagination. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
- Single crystals of two or more different colours are not uncommon, making unusual multicoloured faceted stones.
- The large garden around the swimming pool shone in the glimmering light of many multicolored candles.
- A string of multicolored lights circled the pilothouse of the towboat, and an artificial, faded green wreath was tacked onto a large life ring on the side, near the name Sophie B. The Best Way to Lose
- They're tiny knitted creatures, with spindly legs and multicoloured bodies, and snapping at their heels is a gnarly-looking wolf in sheep's clothing. The graffiti knitting epidemic
- Glorak stood next to a pair of shaggy plants, gnarled with yellow vines and hung with multicolored, fruitlike pods. Delta Anomaly
- Set against an eye-popping green background is an arrangement of vivid candies and pink ice-cream cones with multicolored jimmies.
- Multicoloured, multilayered cakes and mousses abound, along with carambola, mango and cream pastry and pistachio and cappuccino squares.
- A great flock of multicoloured tropical birds burst forth from the depths of the jungle, cawing and squawking as they rose ever higher into the air.
- The knifed-on ellipses stand out in slight relief against multicolored grounds of poured and squeegeed paint that sometimes imitate woodgrain or moire patterns.