roseate

[roh-zee-it, -eyt]

adjective

1. tinged with rose; rosy.

   a roseate dawn.

2. bright or promising.

   a roseate future.

3. incautiously optimistic.

   a roseate forecast for holiday sales.

roseate

/ ˈrəʊzɪˌeɪt /

adjective

1. of the colour rose or pink

2. excessively or idealistically optimistic

Other Word Forms

• roseately adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of roseate¹

1580–90; < Latin rose ( us ) rose-colored + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Five other seabirds were already on the list - the puffin, kittiwake, herring gull, roseate tern and arctic skua.

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Six types of spoonbills are found around the world but only the roseate is present in North America.

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About 108 pairs of roseate terns returned and, although many chicks were found to have died within their nest boxes, some fledged roseate terns have been ringed so their survival can be monitored.

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You will see dolphins, terns, maybe even a roseate spoonbill.

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West Coast, puffins off the Maine coast, penguins in South Africa, endangered roseate terns off New England, and brown pelicans on vanishing islands off southeastern Louisiana.

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