Col"or*a*ble (?), a.
Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice.
"
Colorable pretense for infidility."
Bp. Stillingfleet.
-- Col"or*a*ble*ness, n. -- Col"or*a*bly, adv.
Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk of human justice.
Hooker.
© Webster 1913.