variegation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun variability in coloration
noun the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered)

From variegate + -ion.

Any one who in accordance with this theory examines a collection of popular songs, such as "Des Knaben Wunderhorn," will find innumerable instances of the perpetually productive melody scattering picture sparks all around: which in their variegation, their abrupt change, their mad precipitance, manifest a power quite unknown to the epic appearance and its steady flow. — The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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