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ro·se·ate

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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 + -ate¹

]

—Related forms

ro·se·ate·ly, adverb

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ro·se·ate Audio Help (rō'zē-ĭt, -āt') Pronunciation Key
adj.

Rose-colored: the roseate glow of dawn.
Cheerful or bright; optimistic: a roseate outlook.

[From Latin roseus, rosy, from rosa, rose.]

ro'se·ate·ly adv.

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roseate
adjective
of something having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn" [syn: rose]

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Roseate

Ro"se*ate\, a. [Cf. L. roseus, rosatus, prepared from roses. See Roseal, Rose.]

1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.

2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips.

Roseate tern (Zo["o]l.), an American and European tern (Sterna Dougalli) whose breast is roseate in the breeding season.

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