kaleidoscopic
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- adjective
- /kəˌlaɪdəˈskoʊpɪk/
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- Brittle sunlight played gently through the frost-speckled window, imbuing the bedroom with kaleidoscopic patterns.
Examples
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In the center formed a complex kaleidoscopic pattern.
Fiction book (1992) -
The party is kaleidoscopic, a pinwheel of colors and motion.
Fiction book (1996) -
Who knows what miracles will be revealed, what kaleidoscopic vistas of the unknown and silent world?
Fiction book (1995) -
How are relationships molded in this strange, kaleidoscopic world the Spice Girls inhabit?
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The brilliance of Genovese's kaleidoscopic argument excited me right from the get-go.
Academic text (2014) -
As the sun sets, the sky fills with kaleidoscopic colors that shift from orange to purple.
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The artist's mural featured a kaleidoscopic design, with vibrant shapes that seemed to change when viewed from different angles.
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In the carnival parade, the dancers wore kaleidoscopic costumes that dazzled the spectators with their bright patterns.
Synonyms
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Having bright, different colors that catch the eye
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Bright colors that seem to change when seen from different angles
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Having many different bright colors
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Having very bright colors and strange, swirling patterns
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Having parts of different bright colors
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Having the shape of a prism or showing bright rainbow colours
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Having parts with different bright colors, like a rug or scarf
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Showing different colours when seen from different angles
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Having many different colors
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Having many different colors like a rainbow
Full of bright colors and patterns that change quickly
Showing many colors like a bright painting or butterfly
Having parts of different bright colors
Compounds
How Varied
Surface Forms
Morphology
kaleidoscopic = kaleidoscope (transparent) = kaleidoscope + ic
The adjective is formed by straightforward suffixation of '-ic' to 'kaleidoscope', yielding 'resembling or relating to a kaleidoscope', which directly predicts the sense.
Etymology
Kaleidoscopic comes from kaleidoscope, a tube that shows constantly changing, beautiful shapes, and that word was made from Greek parts kalos 'beautiful', eidos 'shape', and -scope 'to look'. So, kaleidoscopic means full of constantly changing, beautiful patterns.