polychrome

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From poly- + -chrome.

Its construction was due to the Comte de Toulouse whose taste ran to Delft tiles and polychrome panels, framing two imposing marines, also worked out in tiles. — Royal Palaces and Parks of France, M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. BY PRINCETON POLYCHROME PRESS BINDING BY A. HOROWITZ & SON FOR MANY UNKNOWN LITTLE FRIENDS, INCLUDING MONICA Once upon a time there was a little fat comfortable grey squirrel, called Timmy Tiptoes. — The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, Beatrix Potter
The outskirt of the garden in which Tess found herself had been left uncultivated for some years, and was now damp and rank with juicy grass which sent up mists of pollen at a touch; and with tall blooming weeds emitting offensive smells—weeds whose red and yellow and purple hues formed a polychrome as dazzling as that of cultivated flowers. — Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, Thomas Hardy

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