versicolore
Italian
FWOTD – 21 March 2017
Etymology
From Latin versicolōrem, accusative form of versicolor (“color-changing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ver.si.koˈlo.re/, [ver̺s̪ikoˈl̺oːr̺e]
- X-SAMPA: [versiko"lo:re]
- Rhymes: -ore
- Stress: versicolóre
- Hyphenation: ver‧si‧co‧lo‧re
Adjective
versicolore (masculine and feminine plural versicolori)
- (literary) Having different colors; versicoloured, varicoloured
- c. 1900, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Francesca da Rimini, Act II, first scene:
- La vampa violenta e versicolore crepita in cima della picca ch'ella tiene in pugno come una fiaccola, senza paura.
- The violent and versicoloured flame crackles on top of the pike she holds like a torch, fearlessly.
- 1944, Umberto Saba, “In treno [On the Train]”, in Ultime cose [Last Things]:
- […] il treno ¶ in fuga volge nella corsa folle ¶ qualche animale giovane e galline ¶ versicolori.
- […] the train, in its mad race, makes some young animals and varicoloured chickens run away.
- 1966, Leonardo Sciascia, A ciascuno il suo [To Each His Own], Chapter I:
- Il postino posò prima sul banco, come al solito, il fascio versicolore delle stampe pubblicitarie.
- The mailman, as per usual, laid the versicoloured bundle of advertising prints on the desk first.
- Synonyms: cangiante, iridato, multicolore, policromo, screziato, variopinto
- Antonyms: monocolore, monocromatico, monocromo
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