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单词 miscoloured
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miscolouredmiscoloredadj.

Brit. /mɪsˈkʌləd/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈkələrd/
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and coloured adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, coloured adj.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + coloured adj. Compare miscolour v., miscolouring n., and earlier discoloured adj.
Wrongly or badly coloured; discoloured. Also figurative: erroneous, misrepresented.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > dingy or discoloured
foul1547
miscoloured1648
dingy1665
tarnished1716
dinged1725
distained1838
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Misverwet, ill-dyed, or Mis-coloured.
a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1694) II. 235 Looking through the miscoloured-glass of their own malice.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 677 Miscoloured Hair.
1851 Biblical Repertory Oct. 620 These representations made under the influence of a perverse will..are often one-sided, miscoloured, and utterly erroneous.
1890 Scribner's Mag. Mar. 328/1 His miscolored hair in uncombed tangle hanging to his brows.
1997 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 13 Dec. 3 e The defect could be a backstitch under the arm of a sweater or a miscolored garment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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