COLOPHONY Meaning of COLOPHONY in English [ kə'lɒfəni , 'kɒləˌfəʊni ]■ noun another term for rosin .OriginME: from L. colophonia (resina) '(resin) from Colophon ', a town in Lydia, Asia Minor. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004