Roseate
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Like the rose flower; pink; rosy. formal
"The countess took the roseate palm and snowy fingers of this lovely child."
- 2 Full of roses.
"To fund the purchase, he had to sell a late Renoir, The Judgment of Paris, with its depiction of weighty ladies frolicking in a roseate garden."
- 3 Excessively optimistic. figuratively
"Viewed from this perspective, the behaviour of the digital giants looks rather different from the roseate hallucinations of Wired magazine."
- 1 of something having a dusty purplish pink color wordnet
Example
More examples"So saying, she turned, and all refulgent showed / her roseate neck, and heavenly fragrance sweet / was breathed from her ambrosial hair. Down flowed / her loosened raiment, streaming to her feet, / and by her walk the Goddess shone complete."
Etymology
From Middle English roseat, from Anglo-Latin roseātus, equivalent to rose + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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