See Also: roseate(medicine)
roseate(dictionary)
roseate(dictionary)

roseate (iou)



roseate adjective & verb. LME.
[from Latin roseus rosy + -ATE2, -ATE3.]
A. adjective.
Rose-coloured, rose-red, rosy. LME.
roseate spoonbill an American spoonbill, Ajaia ajaja, which has a pink body with red markings. roseate tern a tern, Sterna dougallii, with a pale pink breast and long tail streamers, of worldwide distribution.
R. Bradbury The strawberry glass..bathed the town in roseate warmth.
Formed or consisting of roses. E17-L18.
Rose-scented. rare. M17-E18.
fig. Happy; optimistic; promising. M19.
P. G. Wodehouse He..plunged into pleasant, roseate dreams about Flick. Times Former colleagues..took the roseate path to television reporting.
b. verb.
verb intrans. Flower or bud like a rose. rare (only in Dicts.). Only in E17.
verb trans. Make roseate or rosy. rare. M19.