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off-colour

adjective

Meaning

  1. Of the wrong color.
  2. Dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant.
  3. Different than usual.
  4. Feeling mildly unwell.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

off white(English)colory(English)orangeish(English)varicoloured(English)écru(English)high colour(English)fawncoloured(English)fleshcoloured(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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