versicolore
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin versicolōrem (“color-changing”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]versicolore (plural versicolori)
- (literary) having different, changing colors; versicoloured, varicoloured
- Synonyms: cangiante, iridato, multicolore, policromo, screziato, variopinto
- Antonyms: monocolore, monocromatico, monocromo
- 1901, Gabriele D'Annunzio, “Atto II [Act 2]”, in Francesca da Rimini[1], Milan: Fratelli Treves, published 1904, scena II, page 90:
- La vampa violenta e versicolore crepita in cima della picca ch’ella tiene in pugno come una fiaccola, senza paura.
- The violent, versicoloured flame crackles atop the pike she fearlessly holds in her hand like a torch.
- 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, chapter I, in A ciascuno il suo [To each his own][2]:
- 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.
- (pathology) Only used in pitiriasi versicolore
References
[edit]- versicolore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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