incarnadine
/ɪnˈkɑːnədʌɪn
/literary
noun [mass noun]
A bright crimson or pinkish-red colour: [as modifier]: an incarnadine rose
verb [with object]
Colour (something) a bright crimson or pinkish-red: a spreading red stain incarnadined the sea...
- He had not been much to look at before the Changement ceremony, which had incarnadined his eyes and turned his brown hair silver.
- Let the light of the burning building scare the nightingales and incarnadine the willows.
Origin
Late 16th century: from French incarnadin(e), from Italian incarnadino, variant of incarnatino 'flesh colour', based on Latin incarnare (see incarnate).