ROSEATE

rose, roseate, rosaceous

(adjective) of something having a dusty purplish pink color; “the roseate glow of dawn”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

roseate (comparative more roseate, superlative most roseate)

(formal, mostly, zoology) Like the rose flower; pink; rosy.

Synonyms: pink, pinkish, rosy

Full of roses.

Anagrams

• roastee, tea rose

Source: Wiktionary


Ro"se*ate, a. Etym: [Cf. L. roseus, rosatus, prepared from roses. See Roseal, Rose.]

1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.

2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips. Roseate tern (Zoöl.), an American and European tern (Sterna Dougalli) whose breast is roseate in the breeding season.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(adjective) of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament


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