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roseate

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ro⋅se⋅ate

  [roh-zee-it, -eyt]
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–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.
Origin:
1580–90; < L rose(us) rose-colored + -ate 1

Related forms:
ro⋅se⋅ate⋅ly, adverb
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ro·se·ate   (rō'zē-ĭt, -āt')   
adj.  

  1. Rose-colored: the roseate glow of dawn.

  2. Cheerful or bright; optimistic: a roseate outlook.


[From Latin roseus, rosy, from rosa, rose.]
ro'se·ate·ly adv.
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