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Etymology
From French colorifique or New Latin colorificus, from color + -i- + -ficus.
Adjective
colorific (comparative more colorific, superlative most colorific)
- (obsolete, chemistry) That produces coloured precipitates
- colourful
2015 December 23, Debra Zhou, “Enchanted Nights at Bloedel Conservatory”, in Georgia Straight:It's a magical place filled with luscious tropical greens, colorific rare flowers, and talkative birds with personalities—all underneath a futuristic dome sky.
2018 October 6, Waldemar Januszczak, “Art review: Kerry James Marshall, David Zwirner; Mantegna and Bellini, National Gallery”, in The Times:The man, meanwhile, measures his full blackness against the night sky in a colorific conundrum that involves the painterly exploration of the darkest shades of the spectrum.
- (figurative) flowery; ornate (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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