colorific
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French colorifique or New Latin colorificus, from color + -i- + -ficus.[1]
Adjective
[edit]colorific (comparative more colorific, superlative most colorific)
- (obsolete, chemistry) That produces coloured precipitates
- colourful
- 2015 December 23, Debra Zhou, “Enchanted Nights at Bloedel Conservatory”, in Georgia Straight[1]:
- It's a magical place filled with luscious tropical greens, colorific rare flowers, and talkative birds with personalities—all underneath a futuristic dome sky.
- 2018 October 6, Waldemar Januszczak, “Art review: Kerry James Marshall, David Zwirner; Mantegna and Bellini, National Gallery”, in The Times:
- The man, meanwhile, measures his full blackness against the night sky in a colorific conundrum that involves the painterly exploration of the darkest shades of the spectrum.
- (figurative) flowery; ornate (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms
[edit]- (colourful): motley, multicolored, polychromatic; see also Thesaurus:multicolored
- (ornate): embellished, flashy, florid, showy
Translations
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “colorific”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.