Associations to the word «Kaleidoscope»

Wiktionary

KALEIDOSCOPE, noun. A tube of mirrors containing loose coloured beads etc. that is rotated to produce a succession of symmetrical designs.
KALEIDOSCOPE, noun. A constantly changing set of colours, or other things.
KALEIDOSCOPE, verb. (intransitive) To move in shifting patterns.

Dictionary definition

KALEIDOSCOPE, noun. A complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes.
KALEIDOSCOPE, noun. An optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats