noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Excessive use of colour; (chiefly in extended use) exaggeration in description; an instance of this.

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of overcolour form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

From over- + colouring.

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