Discolour
[dis'kʌlә]
Definition
v.t. to take away colour from: to change or to spoil the natural colour of: to alter the appearance of: to mark with other colours to stain: to dirty disfigure.—n. Discolorā′tion act of discolouring: state of being discoloured: stain.—p.adj. Discol′oured stained &c.: (Spens.) many-coloured.
Editor: Meredith
Examples
- He rummaged in his coat pocket, and, drawing out a piece of discoloured, blue-tinted paper, he laid it out upon the table. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- A little way within the shop-door lay heaps of old crackled parchment scrolls and discoloured and dog's-eared law-papers. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was a discoloured face--it was a savage face. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- What a horrid looking-glass--it's all blotched and discoloured. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The lining had been of red silk, but was a good deal discoloured. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- She was handsomely dressed in stout black silk, of which not a thread was worn or discoloured. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Glancing at his hands, which were discoloured by his late work, the Doctor looked troubled, and listened attentively. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Edited by Abraham