versicolour
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin versicolor.
Adjective edit
versicolour (comparative more versicolour, superlative most versicolour)
- (rare) Having changing or varied colours.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:, II.2.4:
- neat gardens, full of exotic, versicolour, diversely varied, sweet-smelling flowers, and plants in all kinds […].