(Alternate spelling: colourful).
1. Having striking color; SYN. colourful.
2. Striking in variety and interest.
Alternate (chiefly British) spelling for colorful.
ETYM Old Eng. mottelee, motle; cf. Old Fren. mattelé clotted, curdled, of, ciel mattonné a mottled sky, mate, maton, curdled milk, Prov. German matte curd. Related to Mottle.
Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; SYN. multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured.
(Alternate spelling: multicoloured).
Alternate (chiefly British) spelling for multicolored.