kaleidoscope
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- noun
- /kəˈlaɪdəˌskoʊp/
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mosaico
- All these elements contribute to the general kaleidoscope of aromas.
I saw this amazing just this kaleidoscope of creatures and the and it was dark.
- I saw this amazing just this kaleidoscope of creatures and the and it was dark.
- And they live in a world that is never enough, that they want life to be a kaleidoscope of drama and entertainment all the time.
- And it doesn't give this, this mental imagery of, you know, the summer of love in San Francisco or of, of, you know, kaleidoscope eyes, right?
Examples
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Ellis felt as if he were staring into a kaleidoscope.
Fiction book (1996) -
The outdoors was transforming itself like a giant kaleidoscope, changing daily its array of moods and colors.
Fiction book (1994) -
So if I go ahead and lock it, you can see one of the kaleidoscope effects.
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The world was full of burning pain and a kaleidoscope of colors.
Fiction book (1992) -
Like a kaleidoscope, the patterns of world affairs shift with each spin of the globe.
Academic text (1998) -
The wall display flashed a brief kaleidoscope of color, then settled to show the figure of a standing man.
Fiction book (1999) -
Her focus shifts, dispels, reforms, like bits of glass in a kaleidoscope.
Fiction book (2001) -
And then he falls down a grand staircase and there's this kaleidoscope of images in a swirl.
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The blindfold drops, revealing a blurry kaleidoscope of colors and shapes.
Fiction book (1994) -
As the fireworks exploded in the night sky, they created a kaleidoscope of colors that captivated the audience.
Synonyms
A changing show of bright colors and patterns
A bright repeating pattern of colored shapes that looks like a kaleidoscope
A mixture of many bright, different parts like colors and sounds
How Varied
Surface Forms
Morphology
kaleidoscope = kaleido + scope
This figurative sense extends from the toy by visual analogy, but the morphological parts themselves do not help an average learner infer the meaning.
Etymology
Kaleidoscope comes from Greek parts kaleid- 'beautiful form' and -scope 'to look', so people use kaleidoscope for any fast-changing mix of colors or feelings, like a moving picture of shifting patterns.