colourfulcolorfuladj.

Brit.

/ˈkʌləf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈkələrf(ə)l/

Forms: see colour n.¹ and -ful suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: colour n.¹, -ful suffix.

Etymology: < colour n.¹ + -ful suffix. Compare earlier colourless adj. Compare also earlier coloury adj. and coloured adj.

1. Full of or characterized by colour; esp. brightly coloured.

ΘΚΠ

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

prankedc1550

colourable1607

coloury1721

colourful1848

chromatic1864

the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adjective] > piquantly exciting

piquant1645

poignanta1657

French1682

flavorous1697

zested1769

zestful1797

pungent1850

spicy1853

zesty1853

juicy1883

nutty1894

sauced1894

colourful1905

zappy1969

1848 Sharpe's London Mag. 7 34/2 Who has not viewed the azure skies, the amber light, and the violet shadows—so rich, so soft, so colourful—of an Eastern clime?

1890 Temple Bar Feb. 179 Down the straight, colourful streets one looks.

1905 Cent. Mag. Aug. 493/2 The English background lacks the gay and colorful beauty of our panoramic regattas.

1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill xii. 431 She was throwing crumbs to a colourful party of chaffinches, robins, and tits.

1997 Stocking Fillas 1997–98 (Innovations plc) 41/3 The most unusual, furry, fun and colourful pen around, in hot pink plush!

2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Aug. a17/3 The chapan, a colorful ankle-length cape, usually in striped silk fabric.

2. figurative. Of language or literary style: highly expressive, vivid; (euphemistic) of the nature of or characterized by coarse slang or invective.In quot. 1871 as part of an extended metaphor.

ΚΠ

1871 G. Barlow Poems & Sonnets III. 238 The Great Genius who has..inscribed his sonnets in showers of scented and colourful loveliness on the white spaces of the hearts of all sweet lovers.

1876 M. Mason Mae Madden 100 She did what so many ‘fervent souls’ do—scribbled her heart out in a colorful, barbarous rhyme.

1914 in Hist. N. Otago from 1853 (1978) 117 Shouting colourful epithets at them, and waving a Maori kit which contained her supper.

1937 Lit. Digest 4 Dec. 30/3 The English language may some day be as colorful and punchy as it was in Elizabethan times.

1973 Nature 27 July 241/2 The introductory passages are autobiographical in content and colourful, frank and uninhibited in style.

2010 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 11 Mar. 104 When they lost, it produced a stream of colourful language from the visitors' dressing room.

3. figurative.

a. Full of interest, excitement, character, etc.; lively, spirited.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective]

jollyc1325

kedgec1440

fledge?1461

frisky?a1500

sprightya1522

frisk1528

sprightful1550

quick-spirited1552

lively1567

quick-sprighted1579

alive-like1582

aleger1590

firking1594

sprightly1594

sportive1595

mettled1599

alives-like1601

spirited1601

spirituous1601

mettle1606

great-stomached1607

free-spirited1613

spirity1615

spiritous1628

vivacious1645

rattlingc1650

sportful1650

airy1654

animated1660

racy1671

mettlesome1673

sparklinga1704

raffing?1719

bob1721

vivace1721

alive1748

lifey1793

spunky1831

gilpie1835

bubbling1860

chippy1865

bubblesome1879

colourful1882

sparky1883

bubbly1912

jazzy1917

spritzy1973

sparkly1979

kicking1983

1882 St. Louis Globe-Democrat 16 Nov. 7/1 This most colourful and most complex of creatures becomes in her hands insufferably school-girlish.

1908 D. H. M. Read Highways & Byways in Hampshire Pref. p. vii Hampshire, to me, is a bundle of memories, all colourful.

1911 J. London Adventure viii. 112 It is colorful life, to say the least.

1946 Antiques Oct. 245 The colorful provincialism of rural communities.

2006 Westside News (Brisbane) 30 Aug. 6/2 The father of two..won over audiences with his colourful personality.

b. euphemistic. Disreputable; questionable; notorious.

ΚΠ

1921 K. Tappert Viewpoints in Biogr. 55 In spite of Nell Gwyn's rather colorful life, the English people love her memory.

1937 J. Price News Pictures 28 The victim, a burlesque ‘strip’ actress, was a somewhat colorful character whose sensational stage performances were a matter of current discussion.

1953 San Antonio (Texas) Express 6 Aug. 12/4 As suave a hotelman as you'll find this side of the Waldorf, Clark has a colorful past himself.

1973 Texas Monthly Aug. 40/3 Mrs. Hurley owned a pretty colorful reputation and a police record for lewd dancing and narcotics.

2003 W. Holden Azur like It iv. 60 Could it be that for all her colourful past, our new proprietor's wife is something of a social astronaut?

Derivatives

ˈcolourfulness n. [compare earlier colourlessness n.]

ΘΚΠ

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

colourfulness1902

1902 Ironwood (Mich.) Times 23 Aug. 2/3 The gravel of the roadside, the green of the grass and the smear from some cuts added to the colorfulness of his countenance.

1989 E. Hoffman Lost in Transl. (1991) iii. 194 Oh, I am fascinated by all this, by the colorfulness of these new happenings.

2007 C. Cuttle Light for Art's Sake vi. 169 This type of lighting tends to emphasize the colourfulness of the artworks.

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

单词	colourful
释义	colourfulcolorfuladj. Brit. /ˈkʌləf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈkələrf(ə)l/ Forms: see colour n.¹ and -ful suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: colour n.¹, -ful suffix. Etymology: < colour n.¹ + -ful suffix. Compare earlier colourless adj. Compare also earlier coloury adj. and coloured adj. 1. Full of or characterized by colour; esp. brightly coloured. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > colourful prankedc1550 colourable1607 coloury1721 colourful1848 chromatic1864 the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adjective] > piquantly exciting piquant1645 poignanta1657 French1682 flavorous1697 zested1769 zestful1797 pungent1850 spicy1853 zesty1853 juicy1883 nutty1894 sauced1894 colourful1905 zappy1969 1848 Sharpe's London Mag. 7 34/2 Who has not viewed the azure skies, the amber light, and the violet shadows—so rich, so soft, so colourful—of an Eastern clime? 1890 Temple Bar Feb. 179 Down the straight, colourful streets one looks. 1905 Cent. Mag. Aug. 493/2 The English background lacks the gay and colorful beauty of our panoramic regattas. 1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill xii. 431 She was throwing crumbs to a colourful party of chaffinches, robins, and tits. 1997 Stocking Fillas 1997–98 (Innovations plc) 41/3 The most unusual, furry, fun and colourful pen around, in hot pink plush! 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Aug. a17/3 The chapan, a colorful ankle-length cape, usually in striped silk fabric. 2. figurative. Of language or literary style: highly expressive, vivid; (euphemistic) of the nature of or characterized by coarse slang or invective.In quot. 1871 as part of an extended metaphor. ΚΠ 1871 G. Barlow Poems & Sonnets III. 238 The Great Genius who has..inscribed his sonnets in showers of scented and colourful loveliness on the white spaces of the hearts of all sweet lovers. 1876 M. Mason Mae Madden 100 She did what so many ‘fervent souls’ do—scribbled her heart out in a colorful, barbarous rhyme. 1914 in Hist. N. Otago from 1853 (1978) 117 Shouting colourful epithets at them, and waving a Maori kit which contained her supper. 1937 Lit. Digest 4 Dec. 30/3 The English language may some day be as colorful and punchy as it was in Elizabethan times. 1973 Nature 27 July 241/2 The introductory passages are autobiographical in content and colourful, frank and uninhibited in style. 2010 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 11 Mar. 104 When they lost, it produced a stream of colourful language from the visitors' dressing room. 3. figurative. a. Full of interest, excitement, character, etc.; lively, spirited. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective] jollyc1325 kedgec1440 fledge?1461 frisky?a1500 sprightya1522 frisk1528 sprightful1550 quick-spirited1552 lively1567 quick-sprighted1579 alive-like1582 aleger1590 firking1594 sprightly1594 sportive1595 mettled1599 alives-like1601 spirited1601 spirituous1601 mettle1606 great-stomached1607 free-spirited1613 spirity1615 spiritous1628 vivacious1645 rattlingc1650 sportful1650 airy1654 animated1660 racy1671 mettlesome1673 sparklinga1704 raffing?1719 bob1721 vivace1721 alive1748 lifey1793 spunky1831 gilpie1835 bubbling1860 chippy1865 bubblesome1879 colourful1882 sparky1883 bubbly1912 jazzy1917 spritzy1973 sparkly1979 kicking1983 1882 St. Louis Globe-Democrat 16 Nov. 7/1 This most colourful and most complex of creatures becomes in her hands insufferably school-girlish. 1908 D. H. M. Read Highways & Byways in Hampshire Pref. p. vii Hampshire, to me, is a bundle of memories, all colourful. 1911 J. London Adventure viii. 112 It is colorful life, to say the least. 1946 Antiques Oct. 245 The colorful provincialism of rural communities. 2006 Westside News (Brisbane) 30 Aug. 6/2 The father of two..won over audiences with his colourful personality. b. euphemistic. Disreputable; questionable; notorious. ΚΠ 1921 K. Tappert Viewpoints in Biogr. 55 In spite of Nell Gwyn's rather colorful life, the English people love her memory. 1937 J. Price News Pictures 28 The victim, a burlesque ‘strip’ actress, was a somewhat colorful character whose sensational stage performances were a matter of current discussion. 1953 San Antonio (Texas) Express 6 Aug. 12/4 As suave a hotelman as you'll find this side of the Waldorf, Clark has a colorful past himself. 1973 Texas Monthly Aug. 40/3 Mrs. Hurley owned a pretty colorful reputation and a police record for lewd dancing and narcotics. 2003 W. Holden Azur like It iv. 60 Could it be that for all her colourful past, our new proprietor's wife is something of a social astronaut? Derivatives ˈcolourfulness n. [compare earlier colourlessness n.] ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [noun] > colourfulness colourfulness1902 1902 Ironwood (Mich.) Times 23 Aug. 2/3 The gravel of the roadside, the green of the grass and the smear from some cuts added to the colorfulness of his countenance. 1989 E. Hoffman Lost in Transl. (1991) iii. 194 Oh, I am fascinated by all this, by the colorfulness of these new happenings. 2007 C. Cuttle Light for Art's Sake vi. 169 This type of lighting tends to emphasize the colourfulness of the artworks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1848
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