Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Adorned with roses or rose-color; made rosy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Decorated with roses, or with the color of roses.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Decorated with
roses or a rose colour.
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Examples
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Giving the whole town both barrels rosied up Missus Becky's complexion plenty.
Static 2010
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"What sets rum apart from other spirits is that it likes to be mixed with itself," says mixologist Dale DeGroff, whose planter's punch includes light and dark rums and is "rosied up" with grenadine.
Rum’s Punch 2010
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Somehow you have rosied up this kind of demise with your prose.
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Giving the whole town both barrels rosied up Missus Becky's complexion plenty.
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They do not suffer from "pernicious anaemia," that evil bloodlessness which London physicians are not unfrequently called upon to cure, when the cheeks are white as paper and have to be rosied with minute doses of arsenic.
The Open Air Richard Jefferies 1867
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This is rather an astonishing feat for Welsh rugby, which saw in Valentine's Day 2010 the news that Andy Powell had been arrested for celebrating a lucky home win against Scotland by getting rosied up on booze and driving a golf-buggy onto the fringe of the M4.
Evening Standard - Home Dan Jones 2012
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Touched it up with a bit of James’ pragmatism, rosied it over with the eternal hope in man’s breast that he will live again, and made it all a-shine with
CHAPTER XXIX 2010
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The cold air was sharp and invigorating and rosied Leslie’s cheeks as she sat shoulder to shoulder with Tagg, unconsciously snuggling closer to his body warmth.
Mistletoe and Holly Janet Dailey 1982
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The cold air was sharp and invigorating and rosied Leslie’s cheeks as she sat shoulder to shoulder with Tagg, unconsciously snuggling closer to his body warmth.
Mistletoe and Holly Janet Dailey 1982
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The cold air was sharp and invigorating and rosied Leslie’s cheeks as she sat shoulder to shoulder with Tagg, unconsciously snuggling closer to his body warmth.
Mistletoe and Holly Janet Dailey 1982
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