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colourific

colourific is the rare spelling of colorific.

Meaning of colorific

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
    Synonyms:
    motley
  3. (figuratively) flowery; ornate

See all 4 meanings of colorific

Forms of colourific

comparativemore colourific
superlativemost colourific

Origin of colourific

From colour + -ific.

Questions about colourific

What is colourific the rare spelling of?
Colourific is the rare spelling of colorific.

Words near colourific in the dictionary

  1. colourfull
  2. colourfully
  3. colourfulness
  4. colourgravure
  5. colourgravures
  6. colourific
  7. colourimeter
  8. colourimeters
  9. colourimetric
  10. colourimetrical
  11. colourimetrically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: colourific (page history and authors); colorific (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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