Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a color like carnation; pink.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a flesh color.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective poetic Of a
rosy pink colour. - adjective Adorned with a
carnation .
Etymologies
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Examples
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At length one noticed the fact, and another; and then it became the general topic of conversation in the group upon the bridge, where Ethelberta, her hair getting frizzed and her cheeks carnationed by the wind, sat upon a camp-stool looking towards the prow.
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At length one noticed the fact, and another; and then it became the general topic of conversation in the group upon the bridge, where Ethelberta, her hair getting frizzed and her cheeks carnationed by the wind, sat upon a camp-stool looking towards the prow.
The Hand of Ethelberta Thomas Hardy 1884
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Asked afterward, several employees said they had not noticed the carnationed crew, nor the reading outdoors.
NYT > Home Page By MELENA RYZIK 2010
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