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Definition of Roseate
1. Adjective. Of something having a dusty purplish pink color. "The roseate glow of dawn"
Definition of Roseate
1. a. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.
Definition of Roseate
1. Adjective. Like the rose flower; pink; rosy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Roseate
1. rose-colored [adj]
Medical Definition of Roseate
1. Rose-coloured or rose-shaped. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roseate
Literary usage of Roseate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"roseate SPOONBILL. PLATALEA AJAJA, Linn. PLATE CCCLXII.—ADULT MALI. ... The roseate
Spoonbill is found for the most part along the marshy and muddy borders ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"The specimen was collected, and proved to be an adult male roseate Tern, in full
breeding plumage. While the beautiful rosy tint on the breast was evident ..."
3. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"The roseate Tern may be recognised from the two preceding species by its long
... The best-known breeding-ground of the roseate Tern was the Farne Islands, ..."
4. Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and Their Eggs by Henry Leonard Meyer (1857)
"THE roseate Tern is a periodical visitant in Great Britain, and has been named
Sterna ... The geographical distribution of the roseate Tern extends over ..."
5. The Book of Easter by William Croswell Doane (1910)
"CHARLES WESLEY Morn's roseate Hues *^y ^ *c ALLELUIA! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Morn's roseate hues have decked the sky; ..."
6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Abyssinia. RH 1897, pp. 54, 55. IH 42, p. 206. GW 1:363—The form most frequently
cult, has a pale roseate spike. This is sold under the names P. ..."
7. A Popular Handbook of the Ornithology of Eastern North America by Thomas Nuttall (1896)
"Eggs of the Common, Arctic, and roseate Terns are too much alike to be distinguished.
Those of the present species are said to be slightly lighter in color ..."
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