Word of the Day for Monday, October 15, 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.

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