English adjective: calico | |||
1. | calico made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned | ||
Samples | Calico dresses. A calico cat. | ||
2. | calico having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | ||
Samples | A jester dressed in motley. The painted desert. A particolored dress. A piebald horse. Pied daisies. | ||
Synonyms | motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured | ||
Similar | colored, colorful, coloured | ||
Antonyms | uncolored, uncoloured | ||
English noun: calico | |||
1. | calico (artifact) coarse cloth with a bright print | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cloth, fabric, material, textile | ||