ROSEATELY

Etymology

Adverb

roseately (comparative more roseately, superlative most roseately)

In a roseate manner; rosily.

Anagrams

• areostyle

Source: Wiktionary


ROSEATE

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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