variegate

English

Etymology

From Late Latin variegare (“to make of various sorts or colors”), from Latin varius (“various”) + agere (“to make, do”).

Verb

variegate (third-person singular simple present variegates, present participle variegating, simple past and past participle variegated)

  1. (transitive) to add variety to something; to diversify
  2. (transitive) to change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of different colour
  3. to dabble

Adjective

variegate (not comparable)

  1. variegated

Derived terms

  • variegate porphyria

Further reading

  • variegate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • variegate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • variegate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Adjective

variegate

  1. Feminine plural form of variegato

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

variegāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of variegō
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