Hypertext Webster Gateway: "checkered"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Checker \Check"er\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Checkered} (-[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Checkering}.] [From
OF. eschequier a chessboard, F. ['e]chiquier. See {Check},
n., and cf. 3d {Checker}.]
1. To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by
crossing stripes of different colors.
2. To variegate or diversify with different qualities,
colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent
alternations of prosperity and adversity.
Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and
falsehood. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Checkered \Check"ered\ (-[~e]rd), a.
1. Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color
or material.
Dancing in the checkered shade. --Milton.
2. Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in
appearance, character, circumstances, etc.
This checkered narrative. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
checkered
adj : patterned with alternating squares of color [syn: {checked},
{chequered}]
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