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Words related to colors

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castaneous
rubricate
cerulean
brunneous
variegate


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Biblical people and places that became words

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PRONUNCIATION:

(VAR-ee-uh-gayt, VAR-i-gayt)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To diversify, enliven, or to make more interesting, especially with colors.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin variegare (to diversify with colors), from varius (various) + agere (to do). Earliest documented use: 1653.

USAGE:

“She was enchanting in an unstudied, guileless way. ... The eyes were very fancy indeed, the lids variegating in a rainbow from plum to lavender to mauve.”
Allene Arthur; Recalling the Tammy Faye Scoop; The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, California); Oct 21, 2007.

See more usage examples of variegate in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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