kaleidoscopic

kaleidoscopic
[[t]kəla͟ɪdəskɒ̱pɪk[/t]]
ADJ: ADJ n
If you describe something as kaleidoscopic, you mean that it consists of a lot of very different parts, such as different colours, patterns, or shapes.

...a kaleidoscopic range of fabrics by American design house, Robert Allen.

...a kaleidoscopic study of the shifting ideas and symbols of French nationhood.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Kaleidoscopic — Ka*lei do*scop ic, Kaleidoscopical Ka*lei do*scop ic*al, a. Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a kaleidoscope; variegated. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • kaleidoscopic — index complex, protean Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • kaleidoscopic — 1820, from KALEIDOSCOPE (Cf. kaleidoscope) + IC (Cf. ic). Figurative use by 1855 …   Etymology dictionary

  • kaleidoscopic — [adj] multicolored many colored, motley, multicolor, particolored, polychromatic, prismatic, psychedelic, rainbow, varicolored, variegated; concept 618 Ant. monochrome …   New thesaurus

  • kaleidoscopic — adjective 1) kaleidoscopic swirls in the puddles Syn: multicolored, many colored, multicolor, many hued, variegated, parti colored, varicolored, psychedelic, rainbow, polychromatic Ant: monochrome 2) the kaleid …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • kaleidoscopic — kaleidoscopically, adv. /keuh luy deuh skop ik/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or created by a kaleidoscope. 2. changing form, pattern, color, etc., in a manner suggesting a kaleidoscope. 3. continually shifting from one set of relations to another; …   Universalium

  • kaleidoscopic — ka|lei|do|scop|ic [kəˌlaıdəˈskɔpık US ˈska: ] adj kaleidoscopic scenes, colours, or patterns change often and quickly …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • kaleidoscopic — adjective kaleidoscopic scenes, colours, or patterns change often and quickly kaleidoscopically / kli/ adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • kaleidoscopic — kaleidoscope ► NOUN 1) a toy consisting of a tube containing mirrors and pieces of coloured glass or paper, whose reflections produce changing patterns when the tube is rotated. 2) a constantly changing pattern or sequence. DERIVATIVES… …   English terms dictionary

  • kaleidoscopic — adjective see kaleidoscope …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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