colourablenesscolorablenessn.

Brit.

/ˈkʌl(ə)rəblnəs/, U.S.

/ˈkəl(ə)rəbəlnəs/,

/ˈkələrbəlnəs/

Forms: see colourable adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: colourable adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < colourable adj. + -ness suffix.

Now rare.

The quality or state of deceptively appearing to be genuine; speciousness, superficial plausibility. Also: an example of this. Cf. colourable adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun]

hue971

glozea1300

showingc1300

coloura1325

illusionc1340

frontc1374

simulationc1380

visage1390

cheera1393

sign?a1425

countenance?c1425

study?c1430

cloak1526

false colour1531

visure1531

face1542

masquery?1544

show1547

gloss1548

glass1552

affectation1561

colourableness1571

fashion1571

personage?1571

ostentation1607

disguise1632

lustrementa1641

grimace1655

varnish1662

masquerade1674

guisea1677

whitewash1730

varnish1743

maya1789

vraisemblance1802

Japan1856

veneering1865

veneer1868

affectedness1873

candy coating1885

simulance1885

window dressing1903

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > specious quality

colourableness1571

plausibleness1598

speciosity1608

seemingness1640

plausibility1649

speciousness1665

meretriciousness1727

meretricious1837

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (ix. 3) The faythfull prayse God sincerely and without colourablenesse [L. absque fuco].

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 534 None of them could (notwithstanding) the colourablenesse thereof prevaile.

1645 T. Coleman Hopes Deferred 23 Activenesse without Vnity is but to rise up and fall, a colourablenesse for treachery and murder.

1811 F. Hargrave Jurisconsult Exercitations I. ii. 111 I on his part farther arraign the settlement for..fallaciousness and colourableness of consideration; for deceptiousness; and for flattering and hollow promises.

1885 Argosy Oct. 240 They were all fraudulent in their one object of diverting the plaintiff's trade to their spurious preparations, and in the colourableness of their imitations.

1904 Unity 21 298 Considerable colorableness is given to the statement that the Bible advocates flesh-eating when certain passages are considered independently of correlative passages.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	colourableness
释义	colourablenesscolorablenessn. Brit. /ˈkʌl(ə)rəblnəs/, U.S. /ˈkəl(ə)rəbəlnəs/, /ˈkələrbəlnəs/ Forms: see colourable adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: colourable adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < colourable adj. + -ness suffix. Now rare. The quality or state of deceptively appearing to be genuine; speciousness, superficial plausibility. Also: an example of this. Cf. colourable adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] hue971 glozea1300 showingc1300 coloura1325 illusionc1340 frontc1374 simulationc1380 visage1390 cheera1393 sign?a1425 countenance?c1425 study?c1430 cloak1526 false colour1531 visure1531 face1542 masquery?1544 show1547 gloss1548 glass1552 affectation1561 colourableness1571 fashion1571 personage?1571 ostentation1607 disguise1632 lustrementa1641 grimace1655 varnish1662 masquerade1674 guisea1677 whitewash1730 varnish1743 maya1789 vraisemblance1802 Japan1856 veneering1865 veneer1868 affectedness1873 candy coating1885 simulance1885 window dressing1903 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > specious quality colourableness1571 plausibleness1598 speciosity1608 seemingness1640 plausibility1649 speciousness1665 meretriciousness1727 meretricious1837 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (ix. 3) The faythfull prayse God sincerely and without colourablenesse [L. absque fuco]. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 534 None of them could (notwithstanding) the colourablenesse thereof prevaile. 1645 T. Coleman Hopes Deferred 23 Activenesse without Vnity is but to rise up and fall, a colourablenesse for treachery and murder. 1811 F. Hargrave Jurisconsult Exercitations I. ii. 111 I on his part farther arraign the settlement for..fallaciousness and colourableness of consideration; for deceptiousness; and for flattering and hollow promises. 1885 Argosy Oct. 240 They were all fraudulent in their one object of diverting the plaintiff's trade to their spurious preparations, and in the colourableness of their imitations. 1904 Unity 21 298 Considerable colorableness is given to the statement that the Bible advocates flesh-eating when certain passages are considered independently of correlative passages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1571
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