miscolour

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verb

To give a wrong colour to.

“to miscolour facts”

OriginMiddle English miscolouren →
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Meanings

verbmiscolour (third-person singular simple present miscolours, present participle miscolouring, simple past and past participle miscoloured)

present singular third person miscolours · participle present miscolouring · participle past miscoloured · past miscoloured · alternative miscolor

  1. transitiveTo give a wrong colour to.
  2. figurativelytransitiveTo set forth erroneously or unfairly.

    to miscolour facts

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmiscolouren
  2. Englishmiscolour

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

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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