Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

off-coloured

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: of-f--coloured
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the correct, desired, or pure colour tainted or stained.

Example Sentences

"The photograph was certainly very off-coloured. An unkind critic might easily have misinterpreted that dim surface."

Etymology

From off- + coloured.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: off

Inflected Forms

more off-coloured (comparative) most off-coloured (superlative)

Questions

What does off-coloured mean?: Having the correct, desired, or pure colour tainted or stained.
Where does off-coloured come from?: From off- + coloured.

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