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Back formation from look through rose-tinted glasses

verb rose-tints · rose-tinting · rose-tinted

  1. idiomatic To look through rose-tinted glasses at; to view or describe as better than it actually is or was. James thought in silence for a bit. He considering making something up, or rose-tinting the truth.

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verb rose-tints · rose-tinting · rose-tinted

  1. To tint with the color rose; to suffuse with a rosy hue. But not for the sun-burst on high, And not for the rose-tinting ray, But for something far holier, I Will bless the sweet coming of May.

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@misc{rose_tint_2026,
  title = {rose-tint},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rose-tint},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}