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incarnadine

[ in-kahr-nuh-dahyn, -din, -deen ]

adjective

  1. blood-red; crimson.
  2. flesh-colored; pale pink.


noun

  1. an incarnadine color.

verb (used with object)

, in·car·na·dined, in·car·na·din·ing.
  1. to make incarnadine.

incarnadine

/ ɪnˈkɑːnəˌdaɪn /

verb

  1. tr to tinge or stain with red


adjective

  1. of a pinkish or reddish colour similar to that of flesh or blood

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Word History and Origins

Origin of incarnadine1

1585–95; < Middle French, feminine of incarnadin flesh-colored < Italian incarnatino, equivalent to incarnat ( o ) made flesh ( incarnate ) + -ino -ine 1; carnation

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Word History and Origins

Origin of incarnadine1

C16: from French incarnadin flesh-coloured, from Italian, from Late Latin incarnātus made flesh, incarnate

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Example Sentences

The effort to cleanse either would "the multitudinous seas incarnadine."

From time to time he held up his white hands and let the sun incarnadine them.

She ran quick with a little cry, and coming again, sat crowned, incarnadine in the blushing depths of the gold.

A labour-saving language has no business with such words as "incarnadine" or "multitudinous."

No, this my hand will rather / The multitudinous seas incarnadine, / Making the green one red.

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