watercolouredwatercoloredadj.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtəˌkʌləd/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdərˌkələrd/,

/ˈwɑdərˌkələrd/

Forms: 1600s– watercoloured, 1800s– watercolored (chiefly U.S.).

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: watercolour n., -ed suffix²; water n., coloured adj.

Etymology: Partly < watercolour n. + -ed suffix², and partly < water n. + coloured adj.

1. Painted or executed in watercolours. Also figurative: pale, insipid.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [adjective] > watercolour

watercoloured1658

1658 E. Phillips Generosi Ludentes 28 in Myst. Love & Eloquence Picture. Lively, speaking, rich, painted,..eye-deceiving, water-coloured.

1687 E. Ravenscroft Titus Andronicus v. i. 39 Here is a gloss that will not sully Like your water colour'd complexions, which Chance does fade and Sickness washes out.

1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. Pref. p. xviii It will..deceive tolerable Judges so far as to pass for a Water-colour'd Drawing.

1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 584 A very large and curiously drawn water-coloured chart.

1840 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 434 His style was well adapted for..the slight and rather water-colored descriptions with which his works abounded.

1863 M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd I. iii. 56 The walls ordinarily covered with French prints and water-coloured sporting-sketches.

1907 Forest & Stream 18 May 781/3 Within the present month a very old water colored portrait of Izaak Walton has come to light.

1970 Irish Times 17 Aug. 10/8 A painter by trade, he also was an artist and did hundreds of oil and water coloured paintings.

2010 K. Lind Tale of Last Amer. II. 345 Pastor Voight opened his Bible and pulled out a small memoriam card with watercolored flowers on the front of it.

2. Usually hyphenated. Of the colour of water; blue, greyish-blue.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > light blue

bluec1400

watchet1496

azurine1577

watchet-coloured1609

turkina1630

watercoloured1660

powder blue1789

Eton blue1851

opal blue1856

starch blue1875

watchet-hued1895

1660 A. Moore Compend. Hist. Turks 1324 An exceeding great rough Diamond: a Water-coloured Stone.

1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia ii. iv. 13 The Other [sort of cherry]..is Water-colour'd within.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 138 When polished, the fragments [of granite] appear as if set or inlaid in a fine pellucid or water-coloured matter.

1860 Vanity Fair 29 Sept. 167/1 Nothing to be seen of him but a cataract of water-colored hair, switching wavily in the wind of the passing crinolines.

1895 tr. P. Bourget Outre-mer ix. 376 He poured in it with his right hand the contents of a large bottle full of a water-colored liquid.

1921 W. B. Stevens Centennial Hist. Missouri I. xvii. 583 For 120 feet the throne tapers up with story upon story of red and yellow and water-colored onyx.

a1941 V. Woolf Moments of Being in Haunted House (1944) 91 Water-coloured rings set in pearls.

2003 A. Proulx Close Range (new ed.) 155 His features, a chiseled small mouth, water-colored eyes, had a pinched look.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	watercoloured
释义	watercolouredwatercoloredadj. Brit. /ˈwɔːtəˌkʌləd/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌkələrd/, /ˈwɑdərˌkələrd/ Forms: 1600s– watercoloured, 1800s– watercolored (chiefly U.S.). Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: watercolour n., -ed suffix²; water n., coloured adj. Etymology: Partly < watercolour n. + -ed suffix², and partly < water n. + coloured adj. 1. Painted or executed in watercolours. Also figurative: pale, insipid. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [adjective] > watercolour watercoloured1658 1658 E. Phillips Generosi Ludentes 28 in Myst. Love & Eloquence Picture. Lively, speaking, rich, painted,..eye-deceiving, water-coloured. 1687 E. Ravenscroft Titus Andronicus v. i. 39 Here is a gloss that will not sully Like your water colour'd complexions, which Chance does fade and Sickness washes out. 1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. Pref. p. xviii It will..deceive tolerable Judges so far as to pass for a Water-colour'd Drawing. 1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 584 A very large and curiously drawn water-coloured chart. 1840 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 434 His style was well adapted for..the slight and rather water-colored descriptions with which his works abounded. 1863 M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd I. iii. 56 The walls ordinarily covered with French prints and water-coloured sporting-sketches. 1907 Forest & Stream 18 May 781/3 Within the present month a very old water colored portrait of Izaak Walton has come to light. 1970 Irish Times 17 Aug. 10/8 A painter by trade, he also was an artist and did hundreds of oil and water coloured paintings. 2010 K. Lind Tale of Last Amer. II. 345 Pastor Voight opened his Bible and pulled out a small memoriam card with watercolored flowers on the front of it. 2. Usually hyphenated. Of the colour of water; blue, greyish-blue. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > light blue bluec1400 watchet1496 azurine1577 watchet-coloured1609 turkina1630 watercoloured1660 powder blue1789 Eton blue1851 opal blue1856 starch blue1875 watchet-hued1895 1660 A. Moore Compend. Hist. Turks 1324 An exceeding great rough Diamond: a Water-coloured Stone. 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia ii. iv. 13 The Other [sort of cherry]..is Water-colour'd within. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 138 When polished, the fragments [of granite] appear as if set or inlaid in a fine pellucid or water-coloured matter. 1860 Vanity Fair 29 Sept. 167/1 Nothing to be seen of him but a cataract of water-colored hair, switching wavily in the wind of the passing crinolines. 1895 tr. P. Bourget Outre-mer ix. 376 He poured in it with his right hand the contents of a large bottle full of a water-colored liquid. 1921 W. B. Stevens Centennial Hist. Missouri I. xvii. 583 For 120 feet the throne tapers up with story upon story of red and yellow and water-colored onyx. a1941 V. Woolf Moments of Being in Haunted House (1944) 91 Water-coloured rings set in pearls. 2003 A. Proulx Close Range (new ed.) 155 His features, a chiseled small mouth, water-colored eyes, had a pinched look. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1658
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