rose cold

noun

Pathology.

1. rose fever.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rose cold¹

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

The Sony logo and microphone inlet are adorned with rose cold/copper accents, so these earbuds look at home when sitting next to the 1000XM3 headphones.

From The Verge

This time while he was there, it was like sitting on a beach enjoying the sun while the tide rose cold around his ankles.

From Literature

Out of the ocean of cloud, the great peaks of Hood and St. Helens rose, cold and white, like icebergs on an Arctic sea.

From Project Gutenberg

This illness was not akin to "Rose cold," which is the baneful companion of so many Americans, and which can conquer its victims in the most sudden and complete manner.

From Project Gutenberg

As the symptoms of rose cold or hay fever have sometimes developed after the sight of an artificial rose, or even, it it said, the picture of a hay field, so, in some of these cases, the sight of a picture of a cat has produced at least some of these symptoms.

From Project Gutenberg