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overcolouring

overcolouring is the present participle and gerund of overcolour.

Meaning of overcolour

Verb

overcolour (third-person singular simple present overcolours, present participle overcolouring, simple past and past participle overcoloured)

  1. (figuratively, transitive) 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

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Noun

overcolouring (plural overcolourings)

  1. Excessive use of colour; (chiefly in extended use) exaggeration in description; an instance of this.

Forms of overcolouring

pluralovercolourings

Origin of overcolouring

From over- + colouring.

Questions about overcolouring

What does overcolouring mean?
Overcolouring means excessive use of colour; (chiefly in extended use) exaggeration in description; an instance of this.
What is overcolouring the present participle and gerund of?
Overcolouring is the present participle and gerund of overcolour.
What part of speech is overcolouring?
Overcolouring is a noun.
What is the plural of overcolouring?
The plural of overcolouring is overcolourings.

Words near overcolouring in the dictionary

  1. overcolored
  2. overcoloring
  3. overcolors
  4. overcolour
  5. overcoloured
  6. overcolouring
  7. overcolourings
  8. overcolours
  9. overcomable
  10. overcomb
  11. overcombed

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