Thursday, November 1, 2012
versicolor \VUR-si-kuhl-er\, adjective
1. Changeable in color: versicolor skies.
2. Of various colors; parti-colored: a versicolor flower arrangement.
The three large versicolor flowers opened up with a silky slap…
-- Boris Vian, Foam of the Daze
The versicolor glow of the Algeron Effect, just a few hundred thousand kilometers from the space station, angled through the viewing port and stippled the far wall.
-- David R. George III, Serpents Among the Ruins
Versicolor comes from the Latin roots vers meaning "to turn" and color. It entered English in the 1620s.
