roseate

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roseate

/ˈɹoʊzi.ət/ US
/ˈɹəʊzɪət/ UK

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From Middle English roseat, from Anglo-Latin roseātus, equivalent to rose + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

adjective more roseate · most roseate

formal Like the rose flower; pink; rosy. The countess took the roseate palm and snowy fingers of this lovely child.
Similar: pink, pinkish, rosy
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.
figuratively Rosy; optimistic. Nothing could have seemed more assured and roseate than her professional future.

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adj (formal) pink; rosy

Français	rosâtre

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@misc{roseate_2026,
  title = {roseate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/roseate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}