old rose

noun

1. rose color with a purplish or grayish cast.

old rose

noun

1. 1. a greyish-pink colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      old-rose gloves

Other Word Forms

• old-rose adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of old rose¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Roses are tougher than you’d think — during the drought I spied many residential yards with dead lawns and an old rose bush still valiantly blooming despite neglect and lack of water.

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Yet, just as the heroes of old rose to confront the monstrous Grendel, so too must we stand united against the encroaching darkness of authoritarianism.

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He spent his lunches reading dusty rose-growing manuals in the garden’s work sheds and combing thrift stores for old rose guides.

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Sabyasachi put together unusual color combinations in a palette of tea-dyed stains — old rose, pistachio green, pale blue — entirely his own, and styled his models with books and big glasses.

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From 2013 to 2019 the suicide rate of Black boys and men 15 to 24 years old rose by 47 percent, and by 59 percent for Black girls and women of the same age.

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