colourful

adjectiveattested in dialogue

United States

British standard spelling of colorful.

adjective

1
British standard spelling of colorful.
It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs.
One of the most colourful people in motor racing, he writes in a colourful manner.
Hussain celebrated reaching his ton with a gesture towards the media centre, pointing to the number three on the back of his shirt and offering some colourful language.
And Netherlands, backed by a typically noisy and colourful travelling support, started the second period in blistering fashion and could have had four goals within 10 minutes

Etymology

From colour + -ful.

Forms

comparative: more colourful
superlative: most colourful

colossal · Extremely large or on a great scale.colour · Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color.coloured · British standard spelling of colored.

colourful · British standard spelling of colorful.

colours · Flag denoting the nationality of a vessel, flown from the…colt · A young male horse.Colt · A surname originating as an occupation.

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