† colourishn.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: colour n.¹, -ish suffix².

Etymology: Apparently < colour n.¹ + -ish suffix², although no corresponding verb is recorded in English (unless implied in later colourishing n.). Compare earlier varnish n.¹ and later burnish n. Compare also colour v. (and foreign-language forms cited at that entry), colourize v.

Obsolete.

A colouring matter used to give the appearance of gold. Also figurative.

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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Muffola, a kind of colour that goldsmithes call colourish [1611 that Goldsmiths vse to colourize mettals].

1671 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. (ed. 2) ii. i. 27 Guilders..can easily fire force away the Mercury; and with a liquor impregnated with Nitre, Verdigrease, Sal Armoniack, and other Saline Bodies, which they call Colourish, restore its lustre to the remaining Gold.

a1691 R. Boyle in J. J. MacIntosh Boyle on Atheism (2005) 229 True Religion is not to the soul that receives it only like a varnish or a colourish, to give it a superficiall beauty or a more fine appearance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	colourish
释义	† colourishn. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: colour n.¹, -ish suffix². Etymology: Apparently < colour n.¹ + -ish suffix², although no corresponding verb is recorded in English (unless implied in later colourishing n.). Compare earlier varnish n.¹ and later burnish n. Compare also colour v. (and foreign-language forms cited at that entry), colourize v. Obsolete. A colouring matter used to give the appearance of gold. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Muffola, a kind of colour that goldsmithes call colourish [1611 that Goldsmiths vse to colourize mettals]. 1671 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. (ed. 2) ii. i. 27 Guilders..can easily fire force away the Mercury; and with a liquor impregnated with Nitre, Verdigrease, Sal Armoniack, and other Saline Bodies, which they call Colourish, restore its lustre to the remaining Gold. a1691 R. Boyle in J. J. MacIntosh Boyle on Atheism (2005) 229 True Religion is not to the soul that receives it only like a varnish or a colourish, to give it a superficiall beauty or a more fine appearance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1598
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