Meanings
comparative more colorific · superlative most colorific · alternative colourific
- obsoletechemistryThat produces colored precipitates
- colorful
It's a magical place filled with luscious tropical greens, colorific rare flowers, and talkative birds with personalities—all underneath a futuristic dome sky.
2015 December 23, Debra Zhou, “Enchanted Nights at Bloedel Conservatory”, in Georgia Straight1 more example
The man, meanwhile, measures his full blackness against the night sky in a colorific conundrum that involves the painterly exploration of the darkest shades of the spectrum.
2018 October 6, Waldemar Januszczak, “Art review: Kerry James Marshall, David Zwirner; Mantegna and Bellini, National Gallery”, in The TimesSynonyms: motley
plural colorifics · alternative colourific
- obsoletechemistryAny substance that produces coloured precipitates.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecolorful
adjectiveflowery; ornate
Origin
- New Latincolorificus
- Frenchcolorifique
- Englishcolorific
From French colorifique or New Latin colorificus, from color + -i- + -ficus.
More words from French, New Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian цветист
- цветист (cvetist)flowery; ornate
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with colorific
Cite this entry
colorific. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colorific
“colorific.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colorific. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colorific,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colorific.
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