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coloury en · ADJ

Etymology

From colour + -y.

Meanings

  1. Having plenty of colour; colorful.
    • If this is so, you will notice that the solidly painted square without darker coloured edge, is the least coloury of them all; and that the glazed square is the most vivid in colour. 2012, Harold Speed, Oil Painting Techniques and Materials, page 131:

Forms

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more coloury Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most coloury Degree=Sup lexicographic