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
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. PeattieThen, 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 BensonThe 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 HarrisonInstantly quenched: distress and affronted modesty incarnadined her face, veiled her eyes.
Joan Thursday | Louis Joseph VanceAs 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
/ (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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