versicolour

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin versicolor.

Adjective

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versicolour (comparative more versicolour, superlative most versicolour)

  1. (rare) Having changing or varied colours.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] 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 […].