Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colourous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
colourous
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Rare spelling of colorous.

Etymology

From colorous, with the spelling revised to accord with British English colour + -ous.

Inflected Forms

more colourous (comparative) most colourous (superlative)

Questions

What does colourous mean?
Rare spelling of colorous.
Where does colourous come from?
From colorous, with the spelling revised to accord with British English colour + -ous.

How to pronounce colourous

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