overcolour
overcolour verb: to exaggerate.
Verb
overcolour (third-person singular simple present overcolours, present participle overcolouring, simple past and past participle overcoloured)
- To exaggerate.
- But simultaneously, the growing force of her mind's intelligence, wherein was no enthusiasm to misdirect by overcolouring, enabled her to gather more than a suspicion of comparative feebleness in the man stripped of his terrors.1895, George Meredith, The Amazing Marriage
- He was seized after a minute, face to face with his actual comrade, with the impulse to overcolour.1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, 3rd part, page 78
Noun
overcolour (plural overcolours)
- Colour that is superimposed on another previously applied to obtain a different gradation, or a particular transparency effect.
overcolour meaning in Tamil
overcolour in Tamil
- வண்ண மிகைமை
Forms of overcolour
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | overcolours |
| present participle | overcolouring |
| past participle | overcoloured |
| past | overcoloured |
| alternative form | overcolor |
| Noun | |
| plural | overcolours |
Origin of overcolour
From over- + colour.
Questions about overcolour
- What does overcolour mean?
- Overcolour means to exaggerate.
- What is overcolour in Tamil?
- Overcolour in Tamil is வண்ண மிகைமை. See Overcolour meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is overcolour?
- Overcolour can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of overcolour?
- The past tense of overcolour is overcoloured.
Words near overcolour in the dictionary
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