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Definition of Checkered

1. Adjective. Patterned with alternating squares of color.

2. Adjective. Marked by changeable fortune. "A checkered business career"

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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