ppl. a.

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c. 1400.  [see COLOURED ppl. a. 2].

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1445–50.  Metham, Wks., 92. Qwan the myd lyne ys … euyn and wele colouryd, yt sygnyfyth a mygthi stomake.

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1535.  Coverdale, 1 Sam. xvii. 42. He was but a childe, well coloured, and beutyfull to loke vpon.

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1591.  Shaks., 1 Hen. VI., IV. ii. 37. These eyes that see thee now well coloured, Shall see thee withered, bloody, pale, and dead.

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1662.  Charleton, Myst. Vintners (1675), 184. In which time the Wine usually becomes well-coloured and bright.

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1731.  Pope, Ep. Burlington, 153. The rich Buffet well-colour’d Serpents grace.

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1800.  Green Mountain Patriot, 3 Dec., 1/2. A mass of flesh, blood, humors, and impurities covered over with a well colored skin, is the definition of beauty.

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1913.  Oxford Mag., 6 Nov., 67/1. The author writes with vigour and conviction, and in a well-coloured and original style.

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