miscolour
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English miscolouren. Compare Saterland Frisian Misklöär (“mismatched colour”). By surface analysis, mis- + colour.
Verb
[edit]miscolour (third-person singular simple present miscolours, present participle miscolouring, simple past and past participle miscoloured)
- (transitive) To give a wrong colour to.
- (transitive, figuratively) To set forth erroneously or unfairly.
- to miscolour facts