polychrome
[adjective]
Synonyms: variegated, discolor, multicolor, multicolored, multihued, parti-color, parti-colored, polychromatic, varicolored, versicolor

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polychrome noun, adjective, & verb. ['pɒlɪkrǝʊm] E19.
[French from Greek polukhrōmos many-coloured, formed as POLY- + khrōma colour.]
A. noun.
1. A work of art in several colours, esp. a coloured statue or sculpture. E19.

2. An association of many colours (lit. & fig.); varied colouring. L19.

3. Medicine. A polychromatophil erythrocyte. Now rare. E20.
b. adjective.
1. Many-coloured, polychromatic; esp. painted, decorated, etc., in many colours. M19.

2. Biology. Of a stain or dye: containing derivatives which differ in colours from the parent compound. Esp. in polychrome methylene blue. L19.
C. verb trans.
1. Execute or decorate (a work of art) in several colours. Chiefly as polychromed ppl adjective. E20.

2. Biology. Convert (a stain or dye) to a polychrome form. E20.

■ poly'chromic adjective = POLYCHROME adjective 1 M19.

■ poly'chromism noun = POLYCHROMATISM E20.

■ polychromy noun the art of painting or decorating in several colours, esp. as anciently used in pottery, architecture, etc. M19.

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