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▪ I. † ˈcolourish, a. or n. Obs.
(See quot.)
1598Florio, Muffola, a kind of colour that goldsmithes call colourish [1611 that Goldsmiths vse to colourize mettals].
▪ II. † ˈcolourish, v. Obs. rare—1.
[perh. after It. colorisc-ere (Florio 1611) = L. colorīre, colorāre to colour, paint: cf. early OF. colorir, coloriss-ant = colorer: see colour v. and -ish. Cf. also burnish.]
To colour up, brighten up with colour. Hence colourishing vbl. n.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. Pref. A iij a, New impressions [were] but the colourishing of old stamps which stood pale in the soul before. |