incarnadine
[in-kahr-nuh-dahyn, -din, -deen]
adjective
blood-red; crimson.
flesh-colored; pale pink.
noun
an incarnadine color.
verb (used with object), in·car·na·dined, in·car·na·din·ing.
to make incarnadine.
Origin of incarnadine
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Related Words for incarnadine
glowing, rose-colored, crimson, blooming, cerise, claret, pink, tint, suffuse, mantle, color, rose, rouge, bloody, paint, rubric, flush, dye, rust, glowExamples from the Web for incarnadine
Historical Examples of incarnadine
It will incarnadine the lily, and make you the happiest young lady in England, as you are the best.
A SimpletonCharles Reade
When the incarnadine embers of sunrise glowed in the east, the Missourians stood on the battlements and surveyed their domain.
The MissourianEugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
I'm afraid I can't get off, so you'll have to take someone else, or incarnadine the seas by yourself.
She ran quick with a little cry, and coming again, sat crowned, incarnadine in the blushing depths of the gold.
The Purple CloudM.P. Shiel
A labour-saving language has no business with such words as "incarnadine" or "multitudinous."
International LanguageWalter J. Clark
incarnadine
verb
adjective
Word Origin for incarnadine
C16: from French incarnadin flesh-coloured, from Italian, from Late Latin incarnātus made flesh, incarnate
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