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kaleidoscopically

Variant of kaleidoscope

noun

  1. a tubular instrument containing loose bits of colored glass, plastic, etc. reflected by mirrors so that various symmetrical patterns appear when the tube is held to the eye and rotated
  2. anything that constantly changes, as in color and pattern

Origin: < Gr kalos, beautiful + eidos, form (see -oid) + -scope

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