DISCOLOUR

discolor, discolour, colour, color

(verb) change color, often in an undesired manner; “The shirts discolored”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

discolour (third-person singular simple present discolours, present participle discolouring, simple past and past participle discoloured)

(British spelling, Canadian spelling, transitive, intransitive) Alternative spelling of discolor

Source: Wiktionary



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