Chiefly dialectal or archaic: full of color; colorful.
From 'colour' (noun) + '-y' (adjective suffix). The '-y' suffix creates adjectives meaning 'having the quality of' or 'full of,' as in 'rainy,' 'sandy,' and 'dreamy'.
The suffix '-y' is one of the oldest word-building patterns in English, dating back over a thousand years, yet it's still actively producing new adjectives—we naturally understand 'googly' or 'tweety' or 'blingy' as adjectives through this ancient pattern!
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