colourycoloryadj.

Brit.

/ˈkʌləri/, U.S.

/ˈkələri/

Forms: see colour n.¹ and -y suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: colour n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < colour n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier colourlike adj. and coloured adj.

1. Chiefly colloquial. Full of or characterized by colour (literal and figurative); colourful.

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

prankedc1550

colourable1607

coloury1721

colourful1848

chromatic1864

1721 A. Hill Judgment-Day 10 A twinkling Change of coloury Rays.

1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xxx. 24 Roundly charging you with being..too flowery and coloury.

1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) Coloury, roan or spotted... In auctioneers' posters one frequently sees a stock of cows described as ‘good, coloury cows’.

1945 Burlington Mag. Feb. 44/2 Here are his own figures,..fine in colour and harmonising with the work in a way unknown with those of Costanzi's coloury and obtrusive puppets.

1956 F. F. Darling 2 Mar. in J. M. Boyd Fraser Darling in Afr. (1992) i. iii. 17 Small coloury chickens wander about.

2002 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 8 Sept. t1 Oaks chatter, birches babble, and willows gab in a clamor of colory gossip.

2. Originally U.S. Of a crop or natural product: having a colour associated with good quality; spec. (of coffee beans) having a bright, bluish tint.

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

well-coloureda1400

well-hueda1500

coloury1800

1800 National Intelligencer & Washington Advertiser 15 Dec. Tobacco... Maryland, brown 3d... Colory, 4d.

1821 European Mag. & London Rev. July 109/1 The low qualities [of sugar] went off heavily, and at lower prices: the coloury at very high rates.

1880 Daily News 28 Oct. 3/8 Coffee... Good middling to fine middling colory, 89s. to 95s.

1912 P. A. Amos Processes of Flour Manuf. ii. 3 From Australia comes a beautiful mellow, coloury wheat.

1996 CNN (Nexis) 5 Mar. I'm quite impressed with that. I think it's quite colory.

2007 Business Line (Nexis) 25 Mar. If ‘coloury’ tobacco i.e., high grades is produced, they spurn the produce showing their preference for medium grades.

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

单词	coloury
释义	colourycoloryadj. Brit. /ˈkʌləri/, U.S. /ˈkələri/ Forms: see colour n.¹ and -y suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: colour n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < colour n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier colourlike adj. and coloured adj. 1. Chiefly colloquial. Full of or characterized by colour (literal and figurative); colourful. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > colourful prankedc1550 colourable1607 coloury1721 colourful1848 chromatic1864 1721 A. Hill Judgment-Day 10 A twinkling Change of coloury Rays. 1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xxx. 24 Roundly charging you with being..too flowery and coloury. 1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) Coloury, roan or spotted... In auctioneers' posters one frequently sees a stock of cows described as ‘good, coloury cows’. 1945 Burlington Mag. Feb. 44/2 Here are his own figures,..fine in colour and harmonising with the work in a way unknown with those of Costanzi's coloury and obtrusive puppets. 1956 F. F. Darling 2 Mar. in J. M. Boyd Fraser Darling in Afr. (1992) i. iii. 17 Small coloury chickens wander about. 2002 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 8 Sept. t1 Oaks chatter, birches babble, and willows gab in a clamor of colory gossip. 2. Originally U.S. Of a crop or natural product: having a colour associated with good quality; spec. (of coffee beans) having a bright, bluish tint. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > having good colour well-coloureda1400 well-hueda1500 coloury1800 1800 National Intelligencer & Washington Advertiser 15 Dec. Tobacco... Maryland, brown 3d... Colory, 4d. 1821 European Mag. & London Rev. July 109/1 The low qualities [of sugar] went off heavily, and at lower prices: the coloury at very high rates. 1880 Daily News 28 Oct. 3/8 Coffee... Good middling to fine middling colory, 89s. to 95s. 1912 P. A. Amos Processes of Flour Manuf. ii. 3 From Australia comes a beautiful mellow, coloury wheat. 1996 CNN (Nexis) 5 Mar. I'm quite impressed with that. I think it's quite colory. 2007 Business Line (Nexis) 25 Mar. If ‘coloury’ tobacco i.e., high grades is produced, they spurn the produce showing their preference for medium grades. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1721
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