coloury

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adjective

Having plenty of colour; colorful.

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Meanings

adjectivecoloury (comparative more coloury, superlative most coloury)

comparative more coloury · superlative most coloury

  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

Origin

From colour + -y.

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APA

coloury. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coloury

MLA

“coloury.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coloury. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coloury,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coloury.

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