Ros"y (?), a.
[Compar. Rosier (?);
superl. Rosiest.]
Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming; red; blushing; also, adorned with
roses.
A smile that glowed
Celestial rosy-red, love's proper hue.
Milton. While blooming youth and gay delight
Sit thy rosy cheeks
confessed.
Prior. &fist; Rosy is sometimes used in the formation of self&?;xplaining compounde; as,
rosy-bosomed, rosy- colored, rosy-crowned, rosy-fingered, rosy- tinted.
Rosy
cross. See the Note under Rosicrucian,
n.
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