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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

miscolour en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English miscolouren. Compare Saterland Frisian Misklöär (“mismatched colour”). By surface analysis, mis- + colour.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To give a wrong colour to.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To set forth erroneously or unfairly.
    • to miscolour facts

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
miscolours Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
miscolor alternative lexicographic
miscolouring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
miscoloured Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
miscoloured Tense=Past lexicographic