roseate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite of something having a dusty purplish pink color
    rose; rosaceous.
    • the roseate glow of dawn

WordNet


Ro"se*ate adjective
Etymology
Cf. L. roseus, rosatus, prepared from roses. See Roseal, Rose.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913