versicolore

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Italian

FWOTD – 21 March 2017

Etymology

From Latin versicolōrem (“color-changing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ver.si.koˈlo.re/
  • Rhymes: -ore
  • Hyphenation: ver‧si‧co‧ló‧re

Adjective

versicolore (plural versicolori)

  1. (literary) having different, changing colors; versicoloured, varicoloured
    Synonyms: cangiante, iridato, multicolore, policromo, screziato, variopinto
    Antonyms: monocolore, monocromatico, monocromo
    • 1901, Gabriele D'Annunzio, “Atto II [Act 2]”, in Francesca da Rimini‎, Milan: Fratelli Treves, published 1904, scena II, page 90:
      La vampa violenta e versicolore crepita in cima della picca ch’ella tiene in pugno come una fiaccola, senza paura.
      The violent, versicoloured flame crackles atop the pike she fearlessly holds in her hand like a torch.
    • 1944, Umberto Saba, “In treno [On the train]”, in Ultime cose [Last things]:
      […] il treno
      in fuga volge nella corsa folle
      qualche animale giovane e galline
      versicolori.
      The train, in its mad race, makes some young animals and varicoloured chickens run away.
    • 1966, Leonardo Sciascia, chapter I, in A ciascuno il suo [To each his own]‎:
      Il postino posò prima sul banco, come al solito, il fascio versicolore delle stampe pubblicitarie.
      The mailman, as per usual, laid the versicoloured bundle of advertising prints on the desk first.
  2. (pathology) Only used in pitiriasi versicolore

References

  • versicolore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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