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† ˈcolourableness, ˈcolor- Obs. [f. prec. + -ness.] Colourable state or quality; speciousness, plausibility, false pretence.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. ix. 3 The faythfull prayse God sincerely and without colourablenesse. 1642Rogers Naaman 534 None of them could (notwithstanding) the colourablenesse thereof prevaile. 1645T. Coleman Hopes Deferred 23 Activenesse without Vnity is but to rise up and fall, a colourablenesse for treachery and murder. |