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Meaning of colourish | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A substance used in gilding to brighten the finish of the gilded object.

obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“Muffola, a kind of colour that goldsmithes call colourish.”
“1671, Robert Boyle, Some Considerations Touching the Usefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, Oxford: Ric. Davis, Volume 2, Essay I, Section V, p. 27, For having by this means overlaid it evenly with Gold, they can easily with fire force away the Mercury; and, with a liquor impregnated with Nitre, Verdigrease, Sal Armoniack, and other Saline Bodies, which they call a Colourish, restore its lustre to the remaining Gold, which they after make bright by polishing.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

colourist colourization colourizer Colourless colourlessness colourman

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