discolourdiscolorn.

Brit.

/dɪˈskʌlə/, U.S.

/dɪˈskələr/

Forms: Middle English dyscolour, Middle English– discolour, 1500s discoulour, 1800s– discolor.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dis- prefix, colour n.¹

Etymology: < dis- prefix + colour n.¹, after discolour v.

The state of being discoloured; loss or change of colour; discolouration. Also: a discolouration. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > change of colour > [noun]

discoloura1398

discolouring?a1425

discolouration1545

discolouredness1585

transcoloration1664

discolourment1762

discolorization1827

metachromatism1876

metachromism1876

metachrosis1887

tinctumutation1895

electrochromism1961

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

discoloura1398

palingc1450

discolouration1545

discolouredness1585

discolouring1598

decoloration1623

etiolation1784

discolourment1821

pallescence1822

discolorization1827

lightening1839

decolorizing1861

decolorization1871

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > stained condition > stain

lita1325

pleckc1350

blotc1400

smodc1400

discolouring?a1425

spot?a1425

stain1583

denigration1641

discolouration1666

staddle1691

discolour1812

spang1839

blotting1842

suddle1861

staddle-stead1868

dabble1871

staddle-mark1876

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. viii. 1280 Sodeyn palenes and discolour [L. discoloratio] is tokne of drede.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. i. sig. M8 An headlesse Ladie lying him beside, In her owne blood all wallow'd wofully, That her gay clothes did in discolour die.

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1776) 459 The jaundice in trees known by the Discolour of the leaves and buds.

1793 G. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Mid Lothian 66 Black oats are also cultivated; but seem here to have no superiority over the white kinds, to compensate for the discolour in the meal.

1812 Examiner 7 Sept. 563/2 The blue tinge of mildew..will only tip with a slight discolour a part of the kernels.

1847 H. Bushnell Views Christian Nurture 192 No moral discolor.

1906 E. Glasgow Wheel of Life vi. 230 From a little distance the faint discolour of her skin, the withered lines about her mouth and temples were lost in a general impression of rosy fairness.

1977 Phoenix (Arizona) Republic 17 Sept. Whirlpool washer.., slight discolor on cabinet.

2010 D. Palmer Dream of Perpetual Motion liv. 121 Her eyes..would be beautiful if they didn't have spots of discolor beneath them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

discolourdiscolorv.

Brit.

/dɪˈskʌlə/, U.S.

/dɪˈskələr/

Forms: Middle English descolour, Middle English discoler, Middle English discoulor, Middle English dyscoler, Middle English dyscolor, Middle English–1500s dyscolour, Middle English– discolor (now chiefly U.S.), Middle English– discolour, 1500s discoulour.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French descolurer.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman desculurer, descolourer, descolurer, discolorer, Anglo-Norman and Middle French descolorer, Middle French descoulorer, descoulourer (French décolorer ) to alter the usual or natural colour of (a person or thing), (specifically) to deprive (a person or thing) of colour (c1100 in Old French, originally in past participle desculurez ), (chiefly reflexive) to become pale, to lose colour (a1170), apparently < Anglo-Norman and Old French des- (see dis- prefix) + Anglo-Norman colurer , colourer , culurer , Anglo-Norman and Old French colorer colour v. (although this is first attested slightly later than the prefixed verb). Compare decolour v.Compare Old Occitan descolorar , Catalan descolorir (14th cent.), Spanish descolorar (c1240 in past participle descolorado ), Portuguese descolorar (14th cent.), Italian discolorare (a1321), and also post-classical Latin discolorari to change colour (4th cent.), discolorare to deprive of colour, to depict distinctively (from 12th cent. in British sources). In sense 4 (which is not paralleled in either Latin or French) after classical Latin discolor discolor adj. Compare earlier discoloured adj. 2 and later discolor adj.

a. transitive. To alter the usual or natural colour of; esp. to cause (a thing) to change to a less attractive, duller, or less natural colour; to spoil the colour of, stain, tarnish. In early use also: spec. to deprive of colour, render pale or faded.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > change of colour > change colour of [verb (transitive)] > discolour

discolourc1380

decolour?c1622

decolorate1623

discolorate1651

discolourize1825

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1079 Ac ys Fysage al discolourid was for is blod was gon away.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Song of Sol. i. 5 Wileth not beholden, that I be broun, for discoloured [L. decoloravit] me hath the sunne.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) i. 7 By the penaunce that he dayly made was moche discolourd and lene.

1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia v. sig. K^v The ayre..With pale wanne clowdes discoloured the Sunne.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iii. vi. 162 If we be hindered, We shal your tawny ground with your red blood discolour.

1647 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. Psalms in Tracts (1727) 466 Herbs, which..the first frost nips and discolours.

1682 W. Richards Wallography 70 One [miller]..by a most disastrous Pitch-pole into Mud and Dirt, discolour'd his Coat.

1726 J. T. Desaguliers York-Buildings Dragons 6 This Smoak..will so discolour their Hue, that it will puzzle a very nice Botanist to determine concerning any Leaf within that Compass of Ground, whether it be of a subfusc or a down-right piceous Colour.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 220 The sulphurous acid in the mephitic waters, which have the property of discolouring silver.

1845 R. Browning Glove in Bells & Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances & Lyrics 24/2 Does the mark yet discolour my cheek?

1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iv. 289 After heavy rain even the clearest brook has its water discoloured by the earth it is carrying down.

1917 O. Powell Successful Canning & Preserving 191 Water containing much iron or lime will discolor the pickles.

1980 N. Swainson Devel. Corporate Capitalism Kenya 1918–77 iv. 158 The sugar factories began to add sulphur to their sugar which had the effect of discolouring the cans.

2000 Vanity Fair Apr. 413/2 The satinwood..and bleached-mahogany walls were discolored by seepage stains.

b. intransitive. To become pale or discoloured; to lose or change colour. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > change of colour > change colour [verb (intransitive)]

turn1568

chameleonize1599

to turn (one's) colour1604

discolour1612

colour1667

stir1792

the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > lose colour [verb (intransitive)]

fade13..

to cast coloura1375

staina1387

faint1430

dow1502

discolour1612

dilute1764

decolorize1908

1612 S. Lennard tr. P. de Mornay Mysterie Iniquitie 473 But the Physitian, who incontinently began to discolour in his countenance [Fr. changea aussi tost de couleur; L. coeperat decolorari], within the space of three dayes died.

a1643 J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 29 Those..that, having had good education and great estates left, discolour from the one and dissipate the other.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 187 Such like Imputations, seemingly black and dark, will discolour into Encomiums.

1854 Jrnl. Photogr. Soc. 30 June 228/1 The aceto-nitrate of silver solution should always be colourless; it does not, however, remain so long; it discolours in a day or two.

1911 F. M. Farmer Catering for Special Occasions viii. 200 Boil without stirring until syrup begins to discolor.

1922 People's Home Jrnl. July 2 That is why well-brushed teeth discolor and decay.

1990 Daily Tel. 17 Nov. (Weekend Suppl.) p. v/3 Remove any foliage that discolours.

2. transitive. figurative and in figurative contexts. To cause (a thing) to be less attractive; to stain, tarnish. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > pollute or defile

afileeOE

awemOE

filec1175

wemc1175

soila1250

foulc1330

defoula1340

bleckc1380

blemishc1380

pollutea1382

tache1390

sulpa1400

vilec1400

spota1413

stain1446

defilec1450

violate1490

tan1530

smear1549

beray1576

moil1596

discolour1598

smut1601

bespurtle1604

sullya1616

commaculatec1616

decolour?c1622

collutulate1623

deturpate1623

berust1631

smutch1640

discolorate1651

smoot1683

tarnish1695

tar1817

dirten1987

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iv. sig. D5 For ingrain'd Habites, died with often dips, Are not so soone discoloured.

1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. 53 Friuolous employments..discolour the lustre, and honour of your name.

1656 F. Osborne Polit. Reflect. Govt. Turks To Rdr. sig. A4 Book-wormes, who, like Iron moles, discolour the sense and obliterate the naturall meaning of Authors.

a1748 I. Watts Improvem. Mind in Wks. (1813) VIII. xiv. 97 Lest some beloved notion..so prevail over your mind as to discolour all your ideas.

a1798 M. Alcock Poems (1799) 85 If ever, when aiming my wit to display, Be my verse e'er brilliant, or measure so gay, By raillery's tinge I discolour its lay.

1816 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) IV. 679 It would be difficult for me to comprehend..how such an accident in a work..could have so discoloured your mind toward me.

1830 S. Morgan France in 1829–30 II. 58 No personal views of aggrandizement..have led the..high-minded author to falsify or discolour, to give a favourable view of royal vices.

1954 E. Taylor Hester Lilly 115 A dreadful consistency discoloured her behaviour.

2001 N.Y. Mag. 20 Aug. 27/3 It's a surprisingly pessimistic monograph—doubtless discolored by his illness.

†3. transitive. To make different in colour for some particular purpose. Also reflexive. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1603 T. Winter tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Second Day of First Weeke 9 The fish cald Manie-feete, Which for to prey amid the watrie deepe, Himselfe discolours [Fr. Les poulpes cauteleux, qui..Changent..de visage].

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Somerset 18 Thereby it is discoloured from Ox-beef, that the Buyer be not deceived.

1755 Eng. & French Territories in N. Amer. 18 The Natives here are more civilized than in any other Part of America; their Colour, which is naturally white, they change to a yellow by discolouring the Skin.

†4. transitive. To make of different colours; to adorn with various colours, variegate. Cf. discoloured adj. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > variegate [verb (transitive)]

chequer?a1400

fleckc1430

engrail1483

shoot1532

begary1538

intermingle1553

enchase1590

diaper1592

sinew1592

motley1602

intercolour1607

damask1610

particolour1610

inshade1613

freta1616

enamel1650

discolour1656

variegatea1728

jasper1799

intershoot1845

patchwork1853

pattern1898

strand1914

harlequin-

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Discolor..to make of divers colours.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 129 High Towers..leaded in some part, in other part discoloured with gold and blue.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	discolour
释义	discolourdiscolorn. Brit. /dɪˈskʌlə/, U.S. /dɪˈskələr/ Forms: Middle English dyscolour, Middle English– discolour, 1500s discoulour, 1800s– discolor. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dis- prefix, colour n.¹ Etymology: < dis- prefix + colour n.¹, after discolour v. The state of being discoloured; loss or change of colour; discolouration. Also: a discolouration. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > change of colour > [noun] discoloura1398 discolouring?a1425 discolouration1545 discolouredness1585 transcoloration1664 discolourment1762 discolorization1827 metachromatism1876 metachromism1876 metachrosis1887 tinctumutation1895 electrochromism1961 the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [noun] > loss of colour discoloura1398 palingc1450 discolouration1545 discolouredness1585 discolouring1598 decoloration1623 etiolation1784 discolourment1821 pallescence1822 discolorization1827 lightening1839 decolorizing1861 decolorization1871 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > stained condition > stain lita1325 pleckc1350 blotc1400 smodc1400 discolouring?a1425 spot?a1425 stain1583 denigration1641 discolouration1666 staddle1691 discolour1812 spang1839 blotting1842 suddle1861 staddle-stead1868 dabble1871 staddle-mark1876 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. viii. 1280 Sodeyn palenes and discolour [L. discoloratio] is tokne of drede. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. i. sig. M8 An headlesse Ladie lying him beside, In her owne blood all wallow'd wofully, That her gay clothes did in discolour die. View more context for this quotation 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1776) 459 The jaundice in trees known by the Discolour of the leaves and buds. 1793 G. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Mid Lothian 66 Black oats are also cultivated; but seem here to have no superiority over the white kinds, to compensate for the discolour in the meal. 1812 Examiner 7 Sept. 563/2 The blue tinge of mildew..will only tip with a slight discolour a part of the kernels. 1847 H. Bushnell Views Christian Nurture 192 No moral discolor. 1906 E. Glasgow Wheel of Life vi. 230 From a little distance the faint discolour of her skin, the withered lines about her mouth and temples were lost in a general impression of rosy fairness. 1977 Phoenix (Arizona) Republic 17 Sept. Whirlpool washer.., slight discolor on cabinet. 2010 D. Palmer Dream of Perpetual Motion liv. 121 Her eyes..would be beautiful if they didn't have spots of discolor beneath them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). discolourdiscolorv. Brit. /dɪˈskʌlə/, U.S. /dɪˈskələr/ Forms: Middle English descolour, Middle English discoler, Middle English discoulor, Middle English dyscoler, Middle English dyscolor, Middle English–1500s dyscolour, Middle English– discolor (now chiefly U.S.), Middle English– discolour, 1500s discoulour. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French descolurer. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman desculurer, descolourer, descolurer, discolorer, Anglo-Norman and Middle French descolorer, Middle French descoulorer, descoulourer (French décolorer ) to alter the usual or natural colour of (a person or thing), (specifically) to deprive (a person or thing) of colour (c1100 in Old French, originally in past participle desculurez ), (chiefly reflexive) to become pale, to lose colour (a1170), apparently < Anglo-Norman and Old French des- (see dis- prefix) + Anglo-Norman colurer , colourer , culurer , Anglo-Norman and Old French colorer colour v. (although this is first attested slightly later than the prefixed verb). Compare decolour v.Compare Old Occitan descolorar , Catalan descolorir (14th cent.), Spanish descolorar (c1240 in past participle descolorado ), Portuguese descolorar (14th cent.), Italian discolorare (a1321), and also post-classical Latin discolorari to change colour (4th cent.), discolorare to deprive of colour, to depict distinctively (from 12th cent. in British sources). In sense 4 (which is not paralleled in either Latin or French) after classical Latin discolor discolor adj. Compare earlier discoloured adj. 2 and later discolor adj. 1. a. transitive. To alter the usual or natural colour of; esp. to cause (a thing) to change to a less attractive, duller, or less natural colour; to spoil the colour of, stain, tarnish. In early use also: spec. to deprive of colour, render pale or faded. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > change of colour > change colour of [verb (transitive)] > discolour discolourc1380 decolour?c1622 decolorate1623 discolorate1651 discolourize1825 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1079 Ac ys Fysage al discolourid was for is blod was gon away. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Song of Sol. i. 5 Wileth not beholden, that I be broun, for discoloured [L. decoloravit] me hath the sunne. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) i. 7 By the penaunce that he dayly made was moche discolourd and lene. 1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia v. sig. K^v The ayre..With pale wanne clowdes discoloured the Sunne. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iii. vi. 162 If we be hindered, We shal your tawny ground with your red blood discolour. 1647 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. Psalms in Tracts (1727) 466 Herbs, which..the first frost nips and discolours. 1682 W. Richards Wallography 70 One [miller]..by a most disastrous Pitch-pole into Mud and Dirt, discolour'd his Coat. 1726 J. T. Desaguliers York-Buildings Dragons 6 This Smoak..will so discolour their Hue, that it will puzzle a very nice Botanist to determine concerning any Leaf within that Compass of Ground, whether it be of a subfusc or a down-right piceous Colour. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 220 The sulphurous acid in the mephitic waters, which have the property of discolouring silver. 1845 R. Browning Glove in Bells & Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances & Lyrics 24/2 Does the mark yet discolour my cheek? 1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iv. 289 After heavy rain even the clearest brook has its water discoloured by the earth it is carrying down. 1917 O. Powell Successful Canning & Preserving 191 Water containing much iron or lime will discolor the pickles. 1980 N. Swainson Devel. Corporate Capitalism Kenya 1918–77 iv. 158 The sugar factories began to add sulphur to their sugar which had the effect of discolouring the cans. 2000 Vanity Fair Apr. 413/2 The satinwood..and bleached-mahogany walls were discolored by seepage stains. b. intransitive. To become pale or discoloured; to lose or change colour. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > change of colour > change colour [verb (intransitive)] turn1568 chameleonize1599 to turn (one's) colour1604 discolour1612 colour1667 stir1792 the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > lose colour [verb (intransitive)] fade13.. to cast coloura1375 staina1387 faint1430 dow1502 discolour1612 dilute1764 decolorize1908 1612 S. Lennard tr. P. de Mornay Mysterie Iniquitie 473 But the Physitian, who incontinently began to discolour in his countenance [Fr. changea aussi tost de couleur; L. coeperat decolorari], within the space of three dayes died. a1643 J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 29 Those..that, having had good education and great estates left, discolour from the one and dissipate the other. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 187 Such like Imputations, seemingly black and dark, will discolour into Encomiums. 1854 Jrnl. Photogr. Soc. 30 June 228/1 The aceto-nitrate of silver solution should always be colourless; it does not, however, remain so long; it discolours in a day or two. 1911 F. M. Farmer Catering for Special Occasions viii. 200 Boil without stirring until syrup begins to discolor. 1922 People's Home Jrnl. July 2 That is why well-brushed teeth discolor and decay. 1990 Daily Tel. 17 Nov. (Weekend Suppl.) p. v/3 Remove any foliage that discolours. 2. transitive. figurative and in figurative contexts. To cause (a thing) to be less attractive; to stain, tarnish. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > pollute or defile afileeOE awemOE filec1175 wemc1175 soila1250 foulc1330 defoula1340 bleckc1380 blemishc1380 pollutea1382 tache1390 sulpa1400 vilec1400 spota1413 stain1446 defilec1450 violate1490 tan1530 smear1549 beray1576 moil1596 discolour1598 smut1601 bespurtle1604 sullya1616 commaculatec1616 decolour?c1622 collutulate1623 deturpate1623 berust1631 smutch1640 discolorate1651 smoot1683 tarnish1695 tar1817 dirten1987 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iv. sig. D5 For ingrain'd Habites, died with often dips, Are not so soone discoloured. 1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. 53 Friuolous employments..discolour the lustre, and honour of your name. 1656 F. Osborne Polit. Reflect. Govt. Turks To Rdr. sig. A4 Book-wormes, who, like Iron moles, discolour the sense and obliterate the naturall meaning of Authors. a1748 I. Watts Improvem. Mind in Wks. (1813) VIII. xiv. 97 Lest some beloved notion..so prevail over your mind as to discolour all your ideas. a1798 M. Alcock Poems (1799) 85 If ever, when aiming my wit to display, Be my verse e'er brilliant, or measure so gay, By raillery's tinge I discolour its lay. 1816 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) IV. 679 It would be difficult for me to comprehend..how such an accident in a work..could have so discoloured your mind toward me. 1830 S. Morgan France in 1829–30 II. 58 No personal views of aggrandizement..have led the..high-minded author to falsify or discolour, to give a favourable view of royal vices. 1954 E. Taylor Hester Lilly 115 A dreadful consistency discoloured her behaviour. 2001 N.Y. Mag. 20 Aug. 27/3 It's a surprisingly pessimistic monograph—doubtless discolored by his illness. †3. transitive. To make different in colour for some particular purpose. Also reflexive. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1603 T. Winter tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Second Day of First Weeke 9 The fish cald Manie-feete, Which for to prey amid the watrie deepe, Himselfe discolours [Fr. Les poulpes cauteleux, qui..Changent..de visage]. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Somerset 18 Thereby it is discoloured from Ox-beef, that the Buyer be not deceived. 1755 Eng. & French Territories in N. Amer. 18 The Natives here are more civilized than in any other Part of America; their Colour, which is naturally white, they change to a yellow by discolouring the Skin. †4. transitive. To make of different colours; to adorn with various colours, variegate. Cf. discoloured adj. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > variegate [verb (transitive)] chequer?a1400 fleckc1430 engrail1483 shoot1532 begary1538 intermingle1553 enchase1590 diaper1592 sinew1592 motley1602 intercolour1607 damask1610 particolour1610 inshade1613 freta1616 enamel1650 discolour1656 variegatea1728 jasper1799 intershoot1845 patchwork1853 pattern1898 strand1914 harlequin- 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Discolor..to make of divers colours. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 129 High Towers..leaded in some part, in other part discoloured with gold and blue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1398v.c1380
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