"varying or variegated like the forms and colors in a kaleidoscope," 1820, from kaleidoscope + -ic. Figurative use by 1855.
kakistocracy
*kakka-
Kalashnikov
kale
kaleidoscope
kaleidoscopic
Kalevala
Kali
kalon
Kama Sutra
Kamchatka
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