rosy-colouredadj.
/ˈrəʊzɪˌkʌləd/, U.S. /ˈroʊziˌkələrd/ 1. = rose-coloured adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
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
1597 R. Johnson 2nd Pt. Famous Hist. Seauen Champions xi. sig. K 2 Tearing her Rosie coloured face with her furious nayles.
a1632 T. Middleton & J. Webster Any Thing for Quiet Life (1662) ii. sig. C3 Silk-Grograns, Sattins, Velvet fine, The Rosie-colour'd Carnadine.
1669 H. More Expos. 7 Epist. 78 The Cardinals should go in their Rosie-coloured Hats and Robes.
1716 N. Rowe Ode for New Year vii. 6 On the balmy Air sits Rosie-colour'd Health.
1793 J. O'Keeffe World in Village i. ii. 12 Cheek! Ay! that was so rosy-colour'd that night—..that cou'dn't Save some drops falling on your neck-handkerchief.
1833 E. P. Whately Reverses xxi. 193 They led our hero to an ivory table, covered with golden plates containing the choicest dainties, and emerald cups filled with rosy-coloured wine.
1910 L. Cockayne N.Z. Plants iii. 37 The wineberry..has distinctly pleasing rosy-coloured flowers.
2001 Daily News (Los Angeles) (Nexis) 12 Feb. l5 A rosy-colored mood-balance lipstick heavily scented with uplifting lavender.
2. = rose-coloured adj. 3. Cf. rose-tinted adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > optimism > [adjective]
brighta1413
piousa1640
rosy-coloured1777
optimistical1834
optimizing1836
optimistic1849
rosy1859
optimist1860
1777 Monthly Rev. Nov. 329 The amiable..Author of the productions has been chiefly known, hitherto, by pieces of poetry, which rather suit the rosy-coloured noon of life, than the grey evening of reflection.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. x. 234 All the rosy-coloured ideas..which flutter about the couch of a youth.
1886 Longman's Mag. May 103 This warm-hearted and impulsive young man..was already indulging in rosy-coloured dreams about this charming and loveable maid.
1996 Phoenix Gaz. (Nexis) 26 Sept. c6 Mama's mind shifts between lucidity and rosy-colored recollections of the past.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1597