Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Checkered

Checkered (chek"ẽrd) , adjective

1.
Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material.
Dancing in the checkered shade. — Milton
2.
Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.; as, a character with a checkered past
This checkered narrative. — Macaulay