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colorific

/ˌkʌl.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/

colorific adjective: that produces colored precipitates.

Adjective

colorific (comparative more colorific, superlative most colorific)

  1. (obsolete) That produces colored precipitates
  2. colorful
    • It's a magical place filled with luscious tropical greens, colorific rare flowers, and talkative birds with personalities—all underneath a futuristic dome sky.2015 December 23, Debra Zhou, “Enchanted Nights at Bloedel Conservatory”, in Georgia Straight
    • The man, meanwhile, measures his full blackness against the night sky in a colorific conundrum that involves the painterly exploration of the darkest shades of the spectrum.2018 October 6, Waldemar Januszczak, “Art review: Kerry James Marshall, David Zwirner; Mantegna and Bellini, National Gallery”, in The Times
    Synonyms:
    motley
  3. (figuratively) flowery; ornate

Noun

colorific (plural colorifics)

  1. (obsolete) Any substance that produces coloured precipitates.

colorific meaning in Tamil

colorific in Tamil

நிறமுண்டாக்குகிற

Synonyms of colorific

All synonyms of colorific

Forms of colorific

Adjective
comparativemore colorific
superlativemost colorific
alternative formcolourific
Noun
pluralcolorifics

Origin of colorific

From French colorifique or New Latin colorificus, from color + -i- + -ficus.

Words that rhyme with colorific

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Questions about colorific

What does colorific mean?
Colorific means that produces colored precipitates.
What is colorific in Tamil?
Colorific in Tamil is நிறமுண்டாக்குகிற. See Colorific meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is colorific?
Colorific can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce colorific?
Colorific is pronounced /ˌkʌl.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/.

Words near colorific in the dictionary

  1. colorgravure
  2. colorgravures
  3. colorguard
  4. colorguards
  5. coloriferous
  6. colorific
  7. colorification
  8. colorifications
  9. colorifics
  10. colorimeter
  11. colorimeters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: colorific (page history and authors); colorific (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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