Colorable

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  • adjective. Seemingly genuine or legally valid.
  • adjective. Capable of being colored.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Capable of being colored; capable of being dyed, painted, tinged, or stained.
  • Specious; plausible; giving an appearance of right, fairness, or fitness, especially a false appearance: as, a colorable pretext; a colorable excuse.
  • Synonyms Specious, Plausible, etc. See ostensible.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Alternative spelling of colourable.
  • Word Usage
    "Their positions on these points were at least colorable from a legal perspective."
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