Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
polychrome .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to polychromy; many-colored; polychromatic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
polychromy ; many-colored; polychromatic.
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Examples
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His speech was polychromous (as the speech of many a carman is);
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21 Various
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The pillars and the columns seemed to strike firmly into the ground in order to upbear the weight of the mighty stones placed on the cubes of their capitals, the walls to slope inwards so as to have a firmer foundation, and the stones to join together so as to form but one block; but polychromous decorations and
The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt Th��ophile Gautier 1841
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