discolourmentdiscolormentn.

Brit.

/dɪˈskʌləm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/dɪˈskələrmənt/

Forms: see discolour v. and -ment suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: discolour v., -ment suffix.

Etymology: < discolour v. + -ment suffix. Compare Middle French, French décolorement (1538; apparently rare between 1700 and late 19th cent.). Compare earlier discolour n., discolouration n., discolouring n.

The action or fact of being discoloured; discolouration. Also: a discolouration.

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

1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 135 The operation..seem'd like the explosion of gunpowder, only here was no visible marks of discolourment, or any sulphureous smell.

1796 J. White Orig. Lett. Sir J. Falstaff 33 Salves, which I did apply to mine own discolourments.

1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 176 A picture which cannot be charged with hostile distortion or discolourment.

1839 J. R. Danley Introd. Beaum. & Fl. Wks. I. 25 They had not his imagination to throw its splendid discolourment over all realities.

1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. ix. v. 490 Accidents..involving the damage of the coffee by sea-water, or its discolourment by damp.

1906 Light July 122/2 If he is a smoker, in many cases, the desk will show little lines of discolorment where his cigar has rested.

1933 Anthropos Jan. 15 You see the usual grey stone with its weatherings and discolourments.

2007 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 6 Nov. 18 You can have veneers applied to the surface of your teeth to hide discolourment.

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

单词	discolourment
释义	discolourmentdiscolormentn. Brit. /dɪˈskʌləm(ə)nt/, U.S. /dɪˈskələrmənt/ Forms: see discolour v. and -ment suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: discolour v., -ment suffix. Etymology: < discolour v. + -ment suffix. Compare Middle French, French décolorement (1538; apparently rare between 1700 and late 19th cent.). Compare earlier discolour n., discolouration n., discolouring n. The action or fact of being discoloured; discolouration. Also: a discolouration. 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 1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 135 The operation..seem'd like the explosion of gunpowder, only here was no visible marks of discolourment, or any sulphureous smell. 1796 J. White Orig. Lett. Sir J. Falstaff 33 Salves, which I did apply to mine own discolourments. 1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 176 A picture which cannot be charged with hostile distortion or discolourment. 1839 J. R. Danley Introd. Beaum. & Fl. Wks. I. 25 They had not his imagination to throw its splendid discolourment over all realities. 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. ix. v. 490 Accidents..involving the damage of the coffee by sea-water, or its discolourment by damp. 1906 Light July 122/2 If he is a smoker, in many cases, the desk will show little lines of discolorment where his cigar has rested. 1933 Anthropos Jan. 15 You see the usual grey stone with its weatherings and discolourments. 2007 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 6 Nov. 18 You can have veneers applied to the surface of your teeth to hide discolourment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1762
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