COLORABLE

Etymology

Adjective

colorable (comparative more colorable, superlative most colorable)

American standard spelling of colourable.

Source: Wiktionary


Col"or*a*ble, a.

Definition: Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice. "Colorable pretense for infidility." Bp. Stillingfleet.

– Col"or*a*ble*ness, n.

– Col"or*a*bly, adv. Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk of human justice. Hooker.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SENSE

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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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