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off-colour Definition


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off-colour
adj
    1. Said especially of a diamond: not of a satisfactory colour and therefore of inferior quality.
    (Brit)
    2. Slightly unwell; not in good health.
      Thesaurus: ill, sick, indisposed, out of sorts, under the weather.
    (chiefly N Amer)
    3. Said of humour: rude; smutty.
      Form: off-color
Etymology: 19c.



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