checkered
AdjectiveUS[chek-erd]/ˈtʃɛkɚd/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (2)
- patterned with alternating squares of colorSynonyms: checkedchequeredOpposite plainSimilar patterned
- marked by changeable fortune“a checkered business career”Opposite unchangeableSimilar changeable, changeful
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Check′ered (chĕk′ẽrd), adjective
1. Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material.
Dancing in the checkered shade.— John Milton
2. Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.; as, a character with a checkered past
This checkered narrative.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54