incarnadine
blood-red; crimson.
flesh-colored; pale pink.
an incarnadine color.
to make incarnadine.
Origin of incarnadine
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How to use incarnadine in a sentence
The effort to cleanse either would "the multitudinous seas incarnadine."
Raemaekers' Cartoons | Louis RaemaekersFrom time to time he held up his white hands and let the sun incarnadine them.
The Grey Cloak | Harold MacGrathShe ran quick with a little cry, and coming again, sat crowned, incarnadine in the blushing depths of the gold.
The Purple Cloud | M.P. ShielA labour-saving language has no business with such words as "incarnadine" or "multitudinous."
International Language | Walter J. ClarkNo, this my hand will rather / The multitudinous seas incarnadine, / Making the green one red.
British Dictionary definitions for incarnadine
/ (ɪnˈkɑːnəˌdaɪn) archaic, or literary /
(tr) to tinge or stain with red
of a pinkish or reddish colour similar to that of flesh or blood
Origin of incarnadine
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