| water tinctured with the essential oil of roses, used as a perfume. |
[rohz-waw-ter, -wot-er] 
| 1. | having the aroma or fragrance of rose water. |
| 2. | affectedly delicate, nice, or fine; sentimental: a Victorian novelist with a genteel, rose-water style. |
| rose water n. A fragrant preparation made by steeping or distilling rose petals in water, used in cosmetics, as toilet water, and in cookery. |