off-coloured en · ADJ
Etymology
From off- + coloured.
Meanings
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Having the correct, desired, or pure colour tainted or stained.
The photograph was certainly very off-coloured. An unkind critic might easily have misinterpreted that dim surface.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, “‘It’s Just the very Biggest Thing in the World’”, in The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 55:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most off-coloured | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more off-coloured | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |