Colorless
Translation- Colorless
- Colorless Col"or*less, a.
1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent;
as, colorless water; a colorless gas.
Note: [Narrower terms: {ashen, bloodless, livid, lurid, pale, pallid, pasty, wan, waxen}; {neutral}; {white}] [Also See: {achromatic}, {colorless}.] [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style; definitions should be colorless. [1913 Webster]
3. having lost its normal color.
Note: [Narrower terms: {blanched, etiolate, etiolated, whitened}; {bleached, faded, washed-out, washy}; {dimmed, dulled, grayed}; {dirty}; {dull, sober, somber, subfusc}] {colored}
Syn: colorless, uncolored, uncoloured. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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