roseate

[roh-zee-it, -eyt]

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adjective

tinged with rose; rosy: a roseate dawn.
bright or promising: a roseate future.
incautiously optimistic: a roseate forecast for holiday sales.

Origin of roseate

1580–90; < Latin rose(us) rose-colored + -ate¹

Related formsro·se·ate·ly, adverb

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Related Words for roseate

bright, cheerful, hopeful, pink, promising, red, optimistic

Examples from the Web for roseate

Contemporary Examples of roseate

What has looked to us to be healthy, roseate, and vigorous is, in fact, rotten, corrupt, and frequently amoral.
The Fall of India's Katie Couric?
Tunku Varadarajan
November 30, 2010

Historical Examples of roseate

I can not believe that, to produce one roseate complexion, she must etiolate a thousand.
The Book of Khalid
Ameen Rihani
But life was not all roseate for Franklin; he and the other envoys had plenty of work to do.
Benjamin Franklin
Paul Elmer More
Photogravures in rich oaken frames adorned the roseate walls.
A Great Man
Arnold Bennett
Who knows but that his roseate color is only the blush of his flowers?
Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales
Robert L. Taylor
The author resorts to no roseate colouring, nor any kind of varnish.
Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877
James Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for roseate

roseate

adjective

of the colour rose or pink
excessively or idealistically optimistic

Derived Formsroseately, adverb

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Word Origin and History for roseate

adj.

1580s, from Latin roseus (see rose (n.1)) + -ate.