ill-colouredill-coloredadj.

/ˈɪlˈkʌləd/

Etymology: < ill adj. + colour n.¹ + -ed suffix²; or < ill adv. + coloured , past participle of colour v.

1. Having a bad, unpleasant, or inferior colour.

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

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R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 78 Noyd & disesyd, wonedyd & ill-colorde.

1721 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 581 He..is turned blue and ill-coloured.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. viii. 219 If the bottom be muddy, the pearl is dark and ill-coloured.

a1776 R. James Diss. Fevers (1778) 24 Ill-coloured spots all over him.

2. figurative. Having an evil appearance; that does not ‘look well’.

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1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 17 Some things..if they be not evil, yet are ill-coloured.., and carry in their faces some resemblance and appearance of evil.

3. Badly coloured or painted.

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1749 G. Berkeley Let. to Prior 2 Feb. in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley (1871) viii. 319 The third is a copy, and ill-coloured.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	ill-coloured
释义	ill-colouredill-coloredadj. /ˈɪlˈkʌləd/ Etymology: < ill adj. + colour n.¹ + -ed suffix²; or < ill adv. + coloured , past participle of colour v. 1. Having a bad, unpleasant, or inferior colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > having bad colour ill-coloured1435 R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 78 Noyd & disesyd, wonedyd & ill-colorde. 1721 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 581 He..is turned blue and ill-coloured. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. viii. 219 If the bottom be muddy, the pearl is dark and ill-coloured. a1776 R. James Diss. Fevers (1778) 24 Ill-coloured spots all over him. 2. figurative. Having an evil appearance; that does not ‘look well’. ΚΠ 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 17 Some things..if they be not evil, yet are ill-coloured.., and carry in their faces some resemblance and appearance of evil. 3. Badly coloured or painted. ΚΠ 1749 G. Berkeley Let. to Prior 2 Feb. in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley (1871) viii. 319 The third is a copy, and ill-coloured. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021). > as lemmas ill-coloured ill-coloured adj. Brit. /ˌɪlˈkʌləd/ , U.S. /ˌɪlˈkələrd/ extracted from ill-comb. form < adj.1435 as lemmas
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ill-colouredill-coloredadj.

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