miscolour

English

Alternative forms

• miscolor

Etymology

From Middle English miscolouren, equivalent to mis- +‎ colour. Compare Saterland Frisian Misklöär (“mismatched colour”).

Verb

miscolour (third-person singular simple present miscolours, present participle miscolouring, simple past and past participle miscoloured)

1. (transitive) To give a wrong colour to.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To set forth erroneously or unfairly.

   to miscolour facts

Anagrams

• colourism