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incarnadine

American  
[in-kahr-nuh-dahyn, -din, -deen] / ɪnˈkɑr nəˌdaɪn, -dɪn, -ˌdin /

adjective

  1. blood-red; crimson.

  2. flesh-colored; pale pink.

noun

  1. an incarnadine color.

verb (used with object)

incarnadined, incarnadining

  1. to make incarnadine.

incarnadine British  
/ ɪnˈkɑːnəˌdaɪn /

verb

  1. (tr) to tinge or stain with red

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adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of incarnadine

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

Example Sentences

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The result bore an uncanny resemblance to ham: the surface dark, the interior incarnadine, the flesh easy to cut into meaty slices.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2020

The word "incarnadine", for example is much touted as a Shakespeare coinage, but did it really catch on?

From The Guardian • Jul. 23, 2010

Just inside the entrance, the incarnadine exclamation of a Poiret dress laps a female figure like ripples on a lakeshore.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week a suppressed flair for a style more incarnadine and virile apparently overcame him.

From Time Magazine Archive

One dreams him sighing to her spectral form: "O teacher, where lies hid thy burning line; Where are those songs, O poetess divine Whose very arts are love incarnadine?"

From Satires of Circumstance, lyrics and reveries with miscellaneous pieces by Hardy, Thomas

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