incarnadine

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

Origin of incarnadine

1
1585–95; <Middle French, feminine of incarnadin flesh-colored <Italian incarnatino, equivalent to incarnat(o) made flesh (see incarnate) + -ino-ine1; see carnation

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How to use incarnadine in a sentence

  • She turned away from the window where she had been looking at the incarnadined disk, and she thought she saw Bart turn pale.

    The Shape of Fear | Elia W. Peattie
  • Then, as the darkness began to overlay it, it grew dusky and yet duskier, till the incarnadined air was robbed of its glories.

    Arundel | Edward Frederic Benson
  • The firelight played upon her half-averted face, twisted shadows into the sheen of her hair, incarnadined her smooth cheek.

    V. V.'s Eyes | Henry Sydnor Harrison
  • Instantly quenched: distress and affronted modesty incarnadined her face, veiled her eyes.

    Joan Thursday | Louis Joseph Vance
  • As it is you're more like a fat-headed flock o' incarnadined crows split-armin' over a furrow in a ploughed field.

    Air Men o' War | Boyd Cable

British Dictionary definitions for incarnadine

incarnadine

/ (ɪnˈkɑːnəˌdaɪn) archaic, or literary /


verb
  1. (tr) to tinge or stain with red

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

Origin of incarnadine

1
C16: from French incarnadin flesh-coloured, from Italian, from Late Latin incarnātus made flesh, incarnate

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