Definizione monolingua

colourful

colourful (not comparable)

1. Possessing prominent and varied colours.
   • 1895, The Annual of the British School at Athens

     It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs.

2. Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.
   • 1895, H. Walter Staner and Henry Sturmey, The Autocar

     One of the most colourful people in motor racing, he writes in a colourful manner.

3. (euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).
   • 2002, news.bbc.co.uk

     Hussain celebrated reaching his ton with a gesture towards the media centre, pointing to the number three on the back of his shirt and offering some colourful language.

Definizione dizionario colourful

	colorato
	possessing prominent and varied colours

colorito

vivace

Altri significati:

(euphemism) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase '''colourful language''' ).

profane

Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.

Possessing prominent and varied colours.

interesting, multifaceted