verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To give a wrong colour to. transitive
2. 2
   To set forth erroneously or unfairly. figuratively, transitive

   "to miscolour facts"

Etymology

From Middle English miscolouren. Compare Saterland Frisian Misklöär (“mismatched colour”). By surface analysis, mis- + colour.

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