rose-redadj.n.
/ˌrəʊzˈrɛd/, U.S. /ˌroʊzˈrɛd/ A. adj.
Red like a rose; rose-coloured.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > rose-red or -pink
rosenOE
rose-redOE
rosy1381
rosat?c1425
roseate1449
rosy-redc1450
rosetc1500
rosing?a1505
rose-coloured1526
rose-like1530
roseal1531
rosal1566
rosy-fingered1590
red rose1591
rosy-coloured1597
carnation1598
damask1598
rosied1600
damasked1609
rosical1631
roseac1638
rose1667
bloom-coloured1678
rose pink1778
rosaceous1783
rose-tinted1804
rose1806
rose1832
rose du Barry1856
blush-rose1888
OE Glosses to Boethius (Corpus Cambr. 214) in W. C. Hale Edition & Codicol. Study CCCC MS 214 (Ph.D. diss., Univ. Pennsylvania) (1978) 258 Pulchra dies roseos agit equos : [f]egra dæg rosreade he bringð hors.
c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) l. 16 (MED) Rose red was his colur.
c1405 (c1380) G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 54 Two corones han we Snow white and Rose reed, þt shynen clere.
c1450 (a1400) Orologium Sapientiæ in Anglia (1888) 10 388 By þe vertue of þat rose-rede blode þat þou schaddest.
c1450 (a1400) Libeaus Desconus (Calig. A.ii) (1969) l. 1538 (MED) Of þe Rownde Table Beþ come knyȝtes..armed sure Jn rose reed armure Wyth þre lyouns of gold.
1599 J. Weever Epigrammes sig. D5 So like she is the blushing rose-red morne.
c1600 (c1350) Alisaunder (Greaves) (1929) l. 178 Olympias..hue hyght, Rose-red was hur rode, full riall of schape.
1626 J. Kennedy Hist. Calanthrop & Lucilla sig. D8 Rose-red first waxt your face, then ashy-pale.
1671 M. D'Assigny tr. P. Gautruche Poet. Hist. iii. xi. sig. Ii5 Two Banners to be displayed, the one of a Rose-red colour for the Infantry, and another of a Skie-colour for the Cavalry or Horse-men.
1745 J. Whaley Coll. Poems & Transl. 261 Thy alt'ring Cheek her Throne Rose-red Modesty shall own.
a1772 J. Graeme Poems Several Occasions (1773) 119 Wither'd and wan was her rose-red lip.
1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 328 Redstone..—Its colour, by reflected light, is rose red.
1845 J. W. Burgon Petra 14 A rose-red city—half as old as Time!
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 275 They..Swim in a rose-red glow.
1923 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 786/2 The scarlet or rose-red nerine (the Japanese spider lily) appeared next.
1958 Times 1 Feb. 9/1 The ancient rose-red city..presents an unforgettable sight.
2000 Country Illustr. Apr. 100/2 In early summer, flowering stems 3ft tall carry sprightly panicles of rose-red flowers.
B. n.
Chiefly in form rose red. A red like that of a rose.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > rose red
rosea1350
rose coloura1382
rosetc1450
rose-reda1475
rosinessa1586
blush1589
bloom-colour1797
rose madder1835
a1475 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 271 (MED) Wrout is on þe bok with-oute, v paraffys grete & stoute, Bolyd in rose red.
c1602 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies iii. xiii. sig. D8v Faire white with rose red was before commixt.
1697 C. K. Art's Master-piece 112 To Dye Silk a Rose-red.
1770 J. Hill Veg. Syst. XVI. 5 The Flowers are of a perfect rose red.
1798 G. Mitchell tr. D. L. G. Karsten Descr. Minerals in Leskean Mus. 45 A Ruby of an intermediate colour between rose red and violet blue (transition to Saphire).
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 53 The l[ichen]physodes gave a yellowish-gray; the pustulatus, a rose red.
1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 67 Beyond a bridge of treble bow, All in a rose-red from the west.
1882 Garden 1 Apr. 211 They are both of a uniform soft rose-red.
1924 R. Chambers in E. V. Chowdry Gen. Cytol. v. 263 The coagulated area produced by the injection stained a bright rose red.
1954 Times 18 May 10/2 The Chinese section contains..rare black polished pottery..embellished in a delicate rose-red.
2007 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 May h1 Candied Apple has large, extremely glossy leaves in deep rose red and crimson.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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