Definition of Checkered

1. Adjective. Patterned with alternating squares of color.

Exact synonyms: Checked, Chequered
Similar to: Patterned

2. Adjective. Marked by changeable fortune. "A checkered business career"
Similar to: Changeable, Changeful

Definition of Checkered

1. a. Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material.

Definition of Checkered

1. Verb. (past of checker) ¹

2. Adjective. divided into squares, or into light and dark patches. ¹

3. Adjective. changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Checkered

1. checker [v] - See also: checker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Checkered

checkboxes
checked
checked build
checked in
checked out
checked over
checker
checkerberries
checkerberry
checkerberry oil
checkerbloom
checkerblooms
checkerboard
checkerboards
checkered (current term)
checkered adder
checkered daffodil
checkered flag
checkered lily
checkered whiptail
checkering
checkers
checkerspot
checkerspots
checkerwise
checkerwork
checkerworks
checking
checking account

Literary usage of Checkered

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"6-10, green, not checkered, but with a few 82 purple spots outside; filaments purple; anthers green. Turkestan. Gt. 760. BM 6371. JH III. 30:319. GG III. ..."

2. An universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1737)
"... a fiat of checkered iCK-Atef, a Term nfed at the Play и, when the King i» ... F.] Work that it checkered, or let out with divers Colours. ..."

3. Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'eighty by Charles Dickens (1868)
"His sleep was checkered with starts and moans, and sometimes with a muttered word or two. His hands were clenched, his brow bent, and his mouth firmly set. ..."

4. American Book Prices Current (1921)
"A checkered Life. Chicago. 1883. 8vo. Binding not described, A., Feb. 19. '20. (143) $8.00. ique Meridionale. Maps and Plates. Amsterdam, 1752. ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"These victories were not filial : his fortunes were checkered on the Christian side, and he suffered some defeats. But his suzerainty over Navarre was ..."

6. Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War by Judith White Brockenbrough] [McGuire (1868)
"Poor Winchester, how checkered its history throughout the war! Abounding with patriotism as it is, what a blessing it must be to have a breath of free air, ..."

7. Every-day Butterflies: A Group of Biographies by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1899)
"Of these the checkered White is the largest and the most heavily marked with black, the spots being also more frequently of a squarish shape. ..."

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