multitoned

English

Etymology

From multi- +‎ toned.

Adjective

multitoned (comparative more multitoned, superlative most multitoned)

  1. Of many tones.
    • 2013 November 27, John Grotzinger, “The world of Mars [print version: International Herald Tribune Magazine, 2013, p. 36]”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      Those multitoned buttes and mesas [of the Grand Canyon], and that incandescent sequence of colorful bands that make one of the natural wonders of the world so grand, can also be found over 100 million miles away [on Mars].
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