"colourous" meaning in English

See colourous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more colourous [comparative], most colourous [superlative]
Etymology: From colorous, with the spelling revised to accord with British English colour + -ous. Etymology templates: {{m|en|colorous}} colorous Head templates: {{en-adj}} colourous (comparative more colourous, superlative most colourous)
  1. (nonstandard) Rare spelling of colorous. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard, rare Alternative form of: colorous
    Sense id: en-colourous-en-adj-xxSU5xjk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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