colorful character

noun

: a very unusual person
His uncle was a colorful character.

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In 1940, the Duke of Windsor commissioned Cartier to create a flamingo brooch made of emeralds, rubies, sapphires, gold, diamonds and citrine that reflected his wife’s colorful character. Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025 The 40 mm case and bracelet have been finished in a military-grade titanium coating, creating a monochromatic that further accentuates the colorful character. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2024 Rebecca wants a colorful character for her book, and Josephine desperately wants to be that character. Erin Qualey, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024 Boris Berezovsky was a colorful character and once powerful Russian businessman who fell out with the Kremlin and fled to England. Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024 Parotte Ville founder George Parotte is himself a colorful character, passionate about introducing visitors to the 170 birds found at the sanctuary. Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2023 The promoter for the 1951 dinner, Wendell Phillips Dodge, was something of a colorful character. David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2023 That's because those first few seconds of the season were of centered around a colorful character by the name of Carolyn Wiger. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2023 So just the fact that he’s created such an incredible, nuanced, colorful character, and that the writers have done such a good job with him, made this whole experience such a joy. Max Gao, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Apr. 2023

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“Colorful character.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colorful%20character. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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