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   Word of the Day for Wednesday March 27, 2002:

   varicolored \VER-ih-kuh-lurd\, adjective:
   Having a variety of colors; of various colors.

     Where  a  bottleneck  of sky showed between the hills, dark
     and light clouds lay in alternating layers like varicolored
     liquid that would not mix.
     --William Gay, [1]The Long Home

     Along  with  wild  hogs,  cattle,  horses,  and  dogs,  the
     varicolored wild African jungle fowl was domesticated early
     in our distant ancestors' spread around the globe.
     --Buff  Orpingtons,  "Save  the  chickens!" [2]Mother Earth
     News, December 10, 1996
     _________________________________________________________

   Varicolored  is  from  vari-  (from  Latin  varius,  "various,
   diversified")  +  colored  (from  Latin  color,  "color, tint,
   hue.")

References

   1. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1878448056/ref%3Dnosim/lexico
   2. http://www.motherearthnews.com/


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