Discoloured

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of discolour form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    British standard spelling of discolored.

Example

More examples

"We picked our way among groups of dirty children, and through lines of discoloured linen, until we came to Number 46, the door of which was decorated with a small slip of brass on which the name Rance was engraved."

Etymology

From dis- + coloured.

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