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Rosiness

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The quality of being rosy.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality of being rosy.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The quality of being rosy, or of resembling the rose in color.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a healthy reddish complexion

n. a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

n. a dusty pink color

Word Usage

"I'm not sure I see where the "rosiness" and "idealisation" of his home culture are coming in -- it's his home culture, after all, so he's probably not "idealising" it, the way, say, an American might idealise foreign cultures of which he has limited experience."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

skin colour complexion skin color healthiness good health

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

palatability turgidity eversion puffiness blondness