miscolour

verb — 2 senses

miscolour

verb

Etymology From Middle English miscolouren. Compare Saterland Frisian Misklöär (“mismatched colour”). By surface analysis, mis- + colour.

1

To give a wrong colour to.

2

Figuratively To set forth erroneously or unfairly.

  • to miscolour facts

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