Definition of Discoloured

1. Adjective. (British) (alternative spelling of discolored) ¹

2. Verb. (past of discolour) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Discoloured

1. discolour [v] - See also: discolour

Lexicographical Neighbors of Discoloured

discoliths
discolor
discolor'd
discoloration
discolorations
discolored
discolorer
discoloring
discolorise
discolorize
discolors
discolour
discolour'd
discolouration
discolourations
discoloured (current term)
discolourer
discoloureth
discolouring
discolourise
discolourous
discolours
discomania
discombobulate
discombobulated
discombobulatedly
discombobulates
discombobulating
discombobulatingly
discombobulation

Literary usage of Discoloured

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... and Infusoria—Causes of discoloured Sea. AFTER having been twice driven back by heavy southwestern L\ gales, Her Majesty's ship Beagle, a ten-gun brig, ..."

2. A Treatise on the Diseases of Children: With Directions for the Management by Michael Underwood, Marshall Hall (1835)
"discoloured SPOTS. Amongst other blemishes that may require surgical ... Suffice it to sav, that in some, excision of the discoloured and elevated parts, ..."

3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1905)
"In Experiment 23 the copper plates were highly discoloured, and covered with an easily removed metallic powder. The plates show diminished weight. In Fig. ..."

4. American States, Churches, and Slavery by Joshua Rhodes Balme (1862)
"For no one can breathe the atmosphere of slavery, or live on its foulness without being discoloured by it, vitiated in their character, and covered with ..."

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