Nearby Words

colorless

[kuhl-er-lis] Origin

col·or·less

[kuhl-er-lis]
adjective
1.
without color: Pure water is colorless.
2.
pallid; dull in color: a colorless complexion.
3.
lacking vividness or distinctive character; dull; insipid: a colorless description of the parade.
4.
unbiased; neutral.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see color, -less

col·or·less·ly, adverb
col·or·less·ness, noun


3. unexciting, dreary, drab, lackluster.

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To colorless

:10

:09

:08

:07

:06

:05

:04

:03

:02

:01

Colorless is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
Collins
World English Dictionary
color (ˈkʌlə)
 
n, —vb
the US spelling of colour
 
'colorable
 
adj
 
'colorer
 
n
 
'colorful
 
adj
 
'coloring
 
n
 
'colorist
 
n
 
'colorless
 
adj

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

colorless
late 14c., from color + -less. Fig. sense of "lacking vividness" is recorded from 1861.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature