colourlesscolorlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈkʌlələs/, U.S.

/ˈkələrləs/

Forms: see colour n.¹ and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: colour n.¹, -less suffix.

Etymology: < colour n.¹ + -less suffix.

a. Of a person, or a person's complexion: lacking healthy colour; pale, pallid, wan.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective]

blatec1000

whiteOE

greena1275

blakec1275

bleykea1300

wana1300

palec1330

bleach1340

pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374

colourlessc1380

deadlyc1385

deadc1386

bloodlessc1450

earthlyc1460

ruddylessc1460

wan visaged?a1513

wanny1555

as pale or white as a clout1557

bleak1566

mealy1566

pale-faced1570

ghastly1574

white-faced1577

bleakish1581

pallid1590

whiggish1590

tallow-faced1592

maid-pale1597

lily1600

whey-colour1602

lew1611

roseless1611

Hippocratical1615

cadaverousa1661

Hippocratic1681

smock-faced1684

white-looked1690

livid1728

as white (or pale) as a sheet1752

squalid1753

deathly1791

etiolated1791

light-skinned1802

suety1803

shilpit1813

blanched1828

tallowy1830

suet-faced1834

pasty1836

tallowish1838

whey-faced1847

pasty-faced1848

aghast1850

waxen1853

complexionless1863

light-skin1877

lily-cheeked1877

lardy1879

wan-faced1881

exsanguinous1889

wheatish1950

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1164 (MED) Þan was Olyuer al colourlees for þe blod þat he had schad.

1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. xiiii. 203 He was pale and colourlesse.

1593 A. Munday tr. C. Estienne Def. Contraries 61 Such people are alwaies weake, feeble, sicke and colour-lesse.

1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iv. vii. 352 From hence..did they vsually rise from their great feasts so colourlesse and indispos'd.

1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. S3 Looke ye not wan, or colourlesse for feare.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. x. x. 373 Tears started into her eyes, and trickled in large drops down her colourless cheeks.

1799 W. Godwin St. Leon IV. xiii. 300 His complexion was colourless and wan.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 13 His face was white And colourless.

1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin 315 The cheeks colourless.

1928 C. S. Whitehead & C. A. Hoff Ethical Sex Relations (new ed.) i. vii. 256 The lips are bloodless; the skin is often cold, clammy and almost colorless.

2002 I. James Remarkable Mathematicians i. 19 Lagrange was..of slight build, with pale blue eyes and a colourless complexion.

b. Lacking bright or conspicuous colour; dull, drab; dim.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > dull coloured

wannish?a1412

colourless1557

sullena1586

sober1603

dingy1665

dunduckety1818

duckety1841

drabbish1842

neutral-tinted1844

drabby1862

drab1880

drably-tinted1891

terne1901

1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull xviii. v. f. cclxxxi Our bodies shall be buried in ignobilitie, that is to saye, dymme, darke, colourlesse, but it shal ryse in glorye by the gyfte of clearenesse and brightnesse.

1674 W. Bates Harmony Divine Attributes xix. 398 A Diamond, when its earthy and colourless parts are taken away, shines forth in its lustre.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc ix. 293 Dark on the upland bank The hedge-row trees distinct and colourless Rose on the grey horizon.

1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 173 The flowers unveined and colourless.

1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion i. iv. 32 A shadowy colorless landscape.

1913 T. P. C. Wilson Friendly Enemy i. 13 His filthy, colourless hair, matted above a frown.

1976 S. Judson et al. Physical Geol. 520/1 (table) Cordierite..Orthorhombic. Pale to dark blue or violet; also colorless gray, yellow.

2000 G. E. Mitchell Film Society x. 181 Even the green needles on the pines barely stood out from the rest of the colourless scene.

c. Having no colour; transparent, clear.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [adjective]

huelessc1000

whiteOE

plainc1330

uncoloured1538

undyed1538

colourless1610

blank1667

unteinted1745

achromatic1759

achromic1762

etiolated1784

tintless1789

unshaded1823

achromatous1845

untinted1849

unpigmented1853

achromatistous1878

achromous1878

achroous1878

decolorized1879

etiolized1880

untoned1897

1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories 157 (contents) Atomies are colourlesse.

1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxvii. 314 Little Bodies, which..are Diaphanous and Colourless.

1685 R. Boyle Exper. Disc. Salubr. Air 109 in Ess. Effects Motion A colourless Liquor, namely Spirit of Hartshorn or of Sal-armoniac.

1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 411 This colourless Syrup..gives no unpleasing colour, nor alters the look of the Medicine in the least.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 129 (note) Thames water at Richmond is always, in dry weather, perfectly colorless and pellucid.

1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. lix. 733 The heart propels through the arteries..either a colourless transparent fluid, or a red blood, into the extremities of the veins.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 77 You obtain a colourless and transparent gaseous body.

1924 J. B. Cohen Pract. Org. Chem. (ed. 3) 164 Colourless crystals of phenylhydroxylamine fill the liquid.

1980 Look Now Sept. 68/3 A..Manicure Set..includes..a basecoat, a colourless varnish.

1999 Resid. Renting (National Federation Resid. Landlords) Dec. 47/2 Radon—a colourless, odourless, radioactive gas.

2. figurative. Having no distinctive character, vividness, or intensity; lacking in interest; bland.In quot. c1425: without rhetorical ornament, plain.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adjective]

feeblec1275

demeanc1380

unnoblec1384

coarse1424

colourlessc1425

passable1489

meana1500

indifferent1532

plain1539

so-so1542

mediocre1586

ordinary1590

fameless1611

middling1652

middle-rate1658

ornery1692

so-soish1819

nohow1828

betwixt and between1832

indifferential1836

null1847

undazzling1855

deviceless1884

uncompetitive1885

tug1890

run of the mill1919

serviceable1920

dim1958

spammy1959

comme ci, comme ça1968

vanilla1972

meh2007

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid

colourlessc1425

unsavouryc1449

wearish?1533

wersha1599

tasteless1603

tame1604

juiceless1620

water gruela1627

dry1632

soulless1632

frigid1643

vapid1656

insipida1684

fade1715

heartless1780

vapid1785

achromatic1799

sauceless1817

albuminous1858

antiseptic1891

flat-footed1899

unatmospheric1913

defanged1920

anodyne1933

spiceless1942

tea-party1961

nothingburger1965

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective]

feeblec1400

colourlessc1425

flagging1540

pithless1555

blanched1570

toothless1592

unpointed1604

unsinewed1604

jejune1615

low-pitched1622

unsinewy?1623

macilent1624

flaccid1647

insinewy1653

unsubstanceda1658

incogent1667

pointless1673

languida1677

enervatea1704

unaccentuated1716

unnervate1725

lank1729

unforcible1754

nerveless1763

weak1771

flabby1793

slip-slop1814

tinkling1822

exsanguinea1834

twittery1840

slipshod1842

under-coloured1870

shaftless1881

thin1890

unaccented1893

wimpish1925

wimp1979

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. l. 560 (MED) Þouȝ my wede be nat polymyte, Colourles, forþe I wil endyte As it cometh euene to my þouȝt.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius iii. f. 393^v How cowardly, without any spirite at all, almost Colourlesse..they be.

1777 W. Combe Diaboliad 16 (note) Those colourless bad qualities which have not sufficient strength or spirit to rise into daring, manly vice.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. ix. 275 He remembered how often from thence they had together viewed this lovely scene! Its features had now lost their charm; they were colourless and uninteresting.

1861 Sat. Rev. 8 June 585 Particular instances are..substituted for general and colourless terms.

1875 H. Kingsley No. Seventeen 289 She was a trifle colourless, perhaps, but..always resolute enough.

1929 St. J. Ervine First Mrs. Fraser i. 9 Ninian..has a conventional English public school accent; colourless, unvaried, with flattened vowels and elided consonants.

1998 M. Hamilton-Dann Vladimir & Nadya i. 4 Rather than mere diversion as a means of escape from her rather colorless existence, she reached out for self-realization.

3. figurative. Conveying no bias or inclination toward any party, view, etc.; impartial, neutral.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [adjective] > taking neutral stance

neuter1494

neutral1494

neuter1525

indifferenta1538

neuterlike1556

neutralizing1602

neutralist1648

colourless1793

achromatic1799

uncommitted1814

(to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1828

non-committal1829

non-partisan1843

whitey-brown1892

middle of the road1894

neutralistic1914

value-free1916

value-neutral1929

middle road1951

non-aligned1954

unaligned1961

1793 W. Godwin Enq. Polit. Justice II. v. viii. 445 To be absolutely perfect, he [sc. the monarch] must have no opinion, but be the vacant and colourless mirror by which theirs [sc. the ministers'] is reflected.

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. vii. 101 The tale is told us in a perfectly colourless way.

1883 Harper's Mag. Dec. 133/2 The words were colorless in themselves.

1918 Classical Weekly 21 Apr. 179/2 There was in the common stock a large number of words—colorless words, or words to which no stigma was attached—which they could use without hesitation.

1996 J. Potter Representing Reality (2003) viii. 207 Was its [sc. a poll question's] formulation colourless, or did it nudge people in a particular direction?

4. Particle Physics. Neutral as regards the quantum property of colour (colour n.¹ 24).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > quark > [adjective] > having colour > not

colourless1974

1974 Nucl. Physics B. 75 468 Only colourless states can escape the Coulomb potential and are therefore free of infra-red ambiguities.

2007 R. Kenway in A. Zichichi How & where to go beyond Standard Model 162 The strong interaction causes all quarks and gluons..to appear in Nature as colourless bound states, called hadrons.

Derivatives

ˈcolourlessly adv. in a colourless manner; without colour.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adverb]

so-so1530

indifferently?c1550

meanly1550

colourlessly1572

indifferent1583

passable1591

passablya1610

nohow1779

so-soishly1842

so-and-so1844

monochromatically1890

serviceably1896

comme ci, comme ça1945

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in bland or insipid manner

colourlessly1572

tamely1600

flatly1644

frigidly1647

insipidly1699

vapidly1847

monochromatically1890

unatmospherically1913

anonymously1939

1572 Treat. Treasons against Q. Elizabeth i. f. 14^v Yet can I not so lightly digest it, to see so vile a lye of so great consequence, so colourlessely fained, and so shamefully affirmed.

1821 Bot. Reg. 7 590 The calyx nearly globular, tenderer, and of a lighter green, with far broader colourlessly and scariosely bordered connivent interior leaflets.

1925 G. P. Krapp Eng. Lang. in Amer. I. iii. 178 Now that the word Manhattan has been legalized as the name of the Borough of Manhattan, it is possible it may become colorlessly official and lose some of its romantic glamour.

1990 S. Dybek Coast of Chicago 105 Rain spirals colorlessly out of the dark.

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

单词	colourless
释义	colourlesscolorlessadj. Brit. /ˈkʌlələs/, U.S. /ˈkələrləs/ Forms: see colour n.¹ and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: colour n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < colour n.¹ + -less suffix. 1. a. Of a person, or a person's complexion: lacking healthy colour; pale, pallid, wan. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective] blatec1000 whiteOE greena1275 blakec1275 bleykea1300 wana1300 palec1330 bleach1340 pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374 colourlessc1380 deadlyc1385 deadc1386 bloodlessc1450 earthlyc1460 ruddylessc1460 wan visaged?a1513 wanny1555 as pale or white as a clout1557 bleak1566 mealy1566 pale-faced1570 ghastly1574 white-faced1577 bleakish1581 pallid1590 whiggish1590 tallow-faced1592 maid-pale1597 lily1600 whey-colour1602 lew1611 roseless1611 Hippocratical1615 cadaverousa1661 Hippocratic1681 smock-faced1684 white-looked1690 livid1728 as white (or pale) as a sheet1752 squalid1753 deathly1791 etiolated1791 light-skinned1802 suety1803 shilpit1813 blanched1828 tallowy1830 suet-faced1834 pasty1836 tallowish1838 whey-faced1847 pasty-faced1848 aghast1850 waxen1853 complexionless1863 light-skin1877 lily-cheeked1877 lardy1879 wan-faced1881 exsanguinous1889 wheatish1950 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1164 (MED) Þan was Olyuer al colourlees for þe blod þat he had schad. 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. xiiii. 203 He was pale and colourlesse. 1593 A. Munday tr. C. Estienne Def. Contraries 61 Such people are alwaies weake, feeble, sicke and colour-lesse. 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iv. vii. 352 From hence..did they vsually rise from their great feasts so colourlesse and indispos'd. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. S3 Looke ye not wan, or colourlesse for feare. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. x. x. 373 Tears started into her eyes, and trickled in large drops down her colourless cheeks. 1799 W. Godwin St. Leon IV. xiii. 300 His complexion was colourless and wan. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 13 His face was white And colourless. 1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin 315 The cheeks colourless. 1928 C. S. Whitehead & C. A. Hoff Ethical Sex Relations (new ed.) i. vii. 256 The lips are bloodless; the skin is often cold, clammy and almost colorless. 2002 I. James Remarkable Mathematicians i. 19 Lagrange was..of slight build, with pale blue eyes and a colourless complexion. b. Lacking bright or conspicuous colour; dull, drab; dim. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > dull coloured wannish?a1412 colourless1557 sullena1586 sober1603 dingy1665 dunduckety1818 duckety1841 drabbish1842 neutral-tinted1844 drabby1862 drab1880 drably-tinted1891 terne1901 1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull xviii. v. f. cclxxxi Our bodies shall be buried in ignobilitie, that is to saye, dymme, darke, colourlesse, but it shal ryse in glorye by the gyfte of clearenesse and brightnesse. 1674 W. Bates Harmony Divine Attributes xix. 398 A Diamond, when its earthy and colourless parts are taken away, shines forth in its lustre. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc ix. 293 Dark on the upland bank The hedge-row trees distinct and colourless Rose on the grey horizon. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 173 The flowers unveined and colourless. 1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion i. iv. 32 A shadowy colorless landscape. 1913 T. P. C. Wilson Friendly Enemy i. 13 His filthy, colourless hair, matted above a frown. 1976 S. Judson et al. Physical Geol. 520/1 (table) Cordierite..Orthorhombic. Pale to dark blue or violet; also colorless gray, yellow. 2000 G. E. Mitchell Film Society x. 181 Even the green needles on the pines barely stood out from the rest of the colourless scene. c. Having no colour; transparent, clear. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [adjective] huelessc1000 whiteOE plainc1330 uncoloured1538 undyed1538 colourless1610 blank1667 unteinted1745 achromatic1759 achromic1762 etiolated1784 tintless1789 unshaded1823 achromatous1845 untinted1849 unpigmented1853 achromatistous1878 achromous1878 achroous1878 decolorized1879 etiolized1880 untoned1897 1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories 157 (contents) Atomies are colourlesse. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxvii. 314 Little Bodies, which..are Diaphanous and Colourless. 1685 R. Boyle Exper. Disc. Salubr. Air 109 in Ess. Effects Motion A colourless Liquor, namely Spirit of Hartshorn or of Sal-armoniac. 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 411 This colourless Syrup..gives no unpleasing colour, nor alters the look of the Medicine in the least. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 129 (note) Thames water at Richmond is always, in dry weather, perfectly colorless and pellucid. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. lix. 733 The heart propels through the arteries..either a colourless transparent fluid, or a red blood, into the extremities of the veins. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 77 You obtain a colourless and transparent gaseous body. 1924 J. B. Cohen Pract. Org. Chem. (ed. 3) 164 Colourless crystals of phenylhydroxylamine fill the liquid. 1980 Look Now Sept. 68/3 A..Manicure Set..includes..a basecoat, a colourless varnish. 1999 Resid. Renting (National Federation Resid. Landlords) Dec. 47/2 Radon—a colourless, odourless, radioactive gas. 2. figurative. Having no distinctive character, vividness, or intensity; lacking in interest; bland.In quot. c1425: without rhetorical ornament, plain. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adjective] feeblec1275 demeanc1380 unnoblec1384 coarse1424 colourlessc1425 passable1489 meana1500 indifferent1532 plain1539 so-so1542 mediocre1586 ordinary1590 fameless1611 middling1652 middle-rate1658 ornery1692 so-soish1819 nohow1828 betwixt and between1832 indifferential1836 null1847 undazzling1855 deviceless1884 uncompetitive1885 tug1890 run of the mill1919 serviceable1920 dim1958 spammy1959 comme ci, comme ça1968 vanilla1972 meh2007 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid colourlessc1425 unsavouryc1449 wearish?1533 wersha1599 tasteless1603 tame1604 juiceless1620 water gruela1627 dry1632 soulless1632 frigid1643 vapid1656 insipida1684 fade1715 heartless1780 vapid1785 achromatic1799 sauceless1817 albuminous1858 antiseptic1891 flat-footed1899 unatmospheric1913 defanged1920 anodyne1933 spiceless1942 tea-party1961 nothingburger1965 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] feeblec1400 colourlessc1425 flagging1540 pithless1555 blanched1570 toothless1592 unpointed1604 unsinewed1604 jejune1615 low-pitched1622 unsinewy?1623 macilent1624 flaccid1647 insinewy1653 unsubstanceda1658 incogent1667 pointless1673 languida1677 enervatea1704 unaccentuated1716 unnervate1725 lank1729 unforcible1754 nerveless1763 weak1771 flabby1793 slip-slop1814 tinkling1822 exsanguinea1834 twittery1840 slipshod1842 under-coloured1870 shaftless1881 thin1890 unaccented1893 wimpish1925 wimp1979 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. l. 560 (MED) Þouȝ my wede be nat polymyte, Colourles, forþe I wil endyte As it cometh euene to my þouȝt. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius iii. f. 393^v How cowardly, without any spirite at all, almost Colourlesse..they be. 1777 W. Combe Diaboliad 16 (note) Those colourless bad qualities which have not sufficient strength or spirit to rise into daring, manly vice. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. ix. 275 He remembered how often from thence they had together viewed this lovely scene! Its features had now lost their charm; they were colourless and uninteresting. 1861 Sat. Rev. 8 June 585 Particular instances are..substituted for general and colourless terms. 1875 H. Kingsley No. Seventeen 289 She was a trifle colourless, perhaps, but..always resolute enough. 1929 St. J. Ervine First Mrs. Fraser i. 9 Ninian..has a conventional English public school accent; colourless, unvaried, with flattened vowels and elided consonants. 1998 M. Hamilton-Dann Vladimir & Nadya i. 4 Rather than mere diversion as a means of escape from her rather colorless existence, she reached out for self-realization. 3. figurative. Conveying no bias or inclination toward any party, view, etc.; impartial, neutral. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [adjective] > taking neutral stance neuter1494 neutral1494 neuter1525 indifferenta1538 neuterlike1556 neutralizing1602 neutralist1648 colourless1793 achromatic1799 uncommitted1814 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1828 non-committal1829 non-partisan1843 whitey-brown1892 middle of the road1894 neutralistic1914 value-free1916 value-neutral1929 middle road1951 non-aligned1954 unaligned1961 1793 W. Godwin Enq. Polit. Justice II. v. viii. 445 To be absolutely perfect, he [sc. the monarch] must have no opinion, but be the vacant and colourless mirror by which theirs [sc. the ministers'] is reflected. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. vii. 101 The tale is told us in a perfectly colourless way. 1883 Harper's Mag. Dec. 133/2 The words were colorless in themselves. 1918 Classical Weekly 21 Apr. 179/2 There was in the common stock a large number of words—colorless words, or words to which no stigma was attached—which they could use without hesitation. 1996 J. Potter Representing Reality (2003) viii. 207 Was its [sc. a poll question's] formulation colourless, or did it nudge people in a particular direction? 4. Particle Physics. Neutral as regards the quantum property of colour (colour n.¹ 24). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > quark > [adjective] > having colour > not colourless1974 1974 Nucl. Physics B. 75 468 Only colourless states can escape the Coulomb potential and are therefore free of infra-red ambiguities. 2007 R. Kenway in A. Zichichi How & where to go beyond Standard Model 162 The strong interaction causes all quarks and gluons..to appear in Nature as colourless bound states, called hadrons. Derivatives ˈcolourlessly adv. in a colourless manner; without colour. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adverb] so-so1530 indifferently?c1550 meanly1550 colourlessly1572 indifferent1583 passable1591 passablya1610 nohow1779 so-soishly1842 so-and-so1844 monochromatically1890 serviceably1896 comme ci, comme ça1945 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in bland or insipid manner colourlessly1572 tamely1600 flatly1644 frigidly1647 insipidly1699 vapidly1847 monochromatically1890 unatmospherically1913 anonymously1939 1572 Treat. Treasons against Q. Elizabeth i. f. 14^v Yet can I not so lightly digest it, to see so vile a lye of so great consequence, so colourlessely fained, and so shamefully affirmed. 1821 Bot. Reg. 7 590 The calyx nearly globular, tenderer, and of a lighter green, with far broader colourlessly and scariosely bordered connivent interior leaflets. 1925 G. P. Krapp Eng. Lang. in Amer. I. iii. 178 Now that the word Manhattan has been legalized as the name of the Borough of Manhattan, it is possible it may become colorlessly official and lose some of its romantic glamour. 1990 S. Dybek Coast of Chicago 105 Rain spirals colorlessly out of the dark. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1380
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