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ill-coloured, -ored, a.|ˈɪlˈkʌləd|
[f. ill a. + colour n. + -ed2; or f. ill adv. + coloured, pa. pple. of colour v.]
1. Having a bad, unpleasant, or inferior colour.
1435Misyn Fire of Love 78 Noyd & disesyd, wonedyd & ill-colorde. 1721Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 581 He..is turned blue and ill-coloured. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. viii. 219 If the bottom be muddy, the pearl is dark and ill-coloured. a1776R. James Diss. Fevers (1778) 24 Ill-coloured spots all over him.
2. fig. Having an evil appearance; that does not ‘look well’.
1631Sanderson Serm. II. 12 Some things..if they be not evil, yet are ill-coloured..and carry in their faces some resemblance or appearance of evil.
3. Badly coloured or painted.
1749Berkeley Let. to Prior 2 Feb. in Fraser Life viii. (1871) 319 The third is a copy, and ill-coloured. |