Definition of Rosiny

1. a. like rosin, or having its qualities.

Definition of Rosiny

1. Adjective. Like or resembling rosin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rosiny

1. rosinous [adj] - See also: rosinous

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rosiny

rosin paper
rosin papers
rosinate
rosinates
rosined
rosiness
rosinesses
rosing
rosining
rosinol
rosinols
rosinous
rosins
rosinweed
rosinweeds
rosiny (current term)
rosish
rosit
rosita
rosited
rositing
rosits
rosland
rosmarine
rosmarinic acid
rosocyanine
rosoglio
rosoglios
rosolic
rosolic acid

Literary usage of Rosiny

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1880)
"As for that quaint frontlet of polished red coral, it had lost both color and form, for it had shriveled up into an unsightly rosiny scar. ..."

2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... rosiny," says James, in a fine Scotch Italian, " e la piu bella, la piu cara ragazza, ..."

3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"State or quality of being rosy. rosiny, (rcz'-zin-e) a. Resembling rosin. ROSTRAL, (ros'-tr^l) a. Having some resemblance to the beak of a ship, or rostrum. ..."

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