EGAVE

colourable

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Colourful.
  2. adjective Apparently true; specious; potentially justifiable.
  3. adjective Deceptive; fake, misleading. In appearance only; not in reality what it purports to be, hence counterfeit, feigned.
  4. adjective In appearance only; not in reality what it purports to be, hence counterfeit, feigned.
  5. adjective That can be coloured.

Similar words

colorate coloury colory colorific chromatic colourfull colored colorsome colourous hueful

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