colorfast

adj
/ˈkʌlɚˌfæst/

Etymology

From color + fast. Compare West Frisian kleurfêst (“colourfast”), Dutch kleurvast (“colourfast”).

  1. derived from fasta
  2. inherited from *fastijaną — “to fasten
  3. inherited from *fastāną — “to fast
  4. inherited from *fastēn
  5. inherited from fæstan — “to fast
  6. inherited from fasten
  7. compounded as colorfast — “color + fast

Definitions

  1. Having colors that have been dyed or applied to the material in a way that will prevent…

    Having colors that have been dyed or applied to the material in a way that will prevent them from being washed out, running, or fading.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for colorfast. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA