colourless
Etymology Pronunciation
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Etymology Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈkʌlə(ɹ).ləs/
colourless
- Having little or no colour.
- 1867, Ivan Sergheïevitch Turgenef [i.e., Ivan Turgenev], chapter I, in Eugene Schuyler, transl., Fathers and Sons […], New York, N.Y.: Leypoldt and Holt, →OCLC ↗, page 1 ↗:
- The servant to whom he put this question was a young fellow with chubby cheeks, small, dull eyes, and a round chin, covered with a colorless down.
- (of a liquid) Water white.
- Lacking in interest or variety.
- (politics) Neutral in opinion or allegiance; centrist
- (having little or no colour) see also Thesaurus:achromatic
- (of a liquid) clear, waterlike; see also Thesaurus:transparent
- (lacking in interest) drab, dull; see also Thesaurus:boring
- French: sans couleur, incolore
- German: farblos
- Italian: incolore
- Portuguese: incolor
- Russian: бесцве́тный
- Spanish: incoloro
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