"miscolour" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: miscolours [present, singular, third-person], miscolouring [participle, present], miscoloured [participle, past], miscoloured [past]
Etymology: From Middle English miscolouren, equivalent to mis- + colour. Compare Saterland Frisian Misklöär (“mismatched colour”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|miscolouren}} Middle English miscolouren, {{prefix|en|mis|colour}} mis- + colour, {{cog|stq|Misklöär|t=mismatched colour}} Saterland Frisian Misklöär (“mismatched colour”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} miscolour (third-person singular simple present miscolours, present participle miscolouring, simple past and past participle miscoloured)
  1. (transitive) To give a wrong colour to. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-miscolour-en-verb-NUtDlAVZ
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To set forth erroneously or unfairly. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-miscolour-en-verb-b0tjspE8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: miscolor

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