Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Colorless; achromatic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Colorless; achromatic.

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  • adjective Colorless; achromatic.

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek ἄχροος (akhroos), from ἀ- (a-, "not") + χρόα (khroa, "color")

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  • Colourless. But I like the way this words looks as if it's invaded us from the Netherlands.

    June 4, 2008

  • JM always encounters achroous folk at the paint shop

    March 5, 2009

  • JM is feeling off colour in an achroous sort of way.

    October 5, 2010