colorless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈkʌl.ə.ləs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ˈkʌl.ɚ.ləs/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs Proto-Italic *kelōs Old Latin colōs Latin color Old French color Anglo-Norman colurbor. Middle English colour English color Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English colorless From color + -less.
Meanings
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(US, alt-of, standard) US standard spelling of colourless.
alt of colourless
The servant to whom he put this question was a young fellow with chubby cheeks, small, dull eyes, and a round chin, covered with a colorless down.
1867, Ivan Sergheïevitch Turgenef [i.e., Ivan Turgenev], chapter I, in Eugene Schuyler, transl., Fathers and Sons […], New York, N.Y.: Leypoldt and Holt, →OCLC, page 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most colorless | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more colorless | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |