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rosy

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rosy  \Ros"y\,  a.  [Compar.  {Rosier};  superl.  {Rosiest}.] 
  Resembling  a  rose  in  color,  form  or  qualities;  blooming; 
  red;  blushing;  also  adorned  with  roses. 
 
  A  smile  that  glowed  Celestial  rosy-red,  love's  proper 
  hue.  --Milton. 
 
  While  blooming  youth  and  gay  delight  Sit  thy  rosy 
  cheeks  confessed.  --Prior. 
 
  Note:  Rosy  is  sometimes  used  in  the  formation  of 
  self?xplaining  compounde;  as  rosy-bosomed, 
  rosy-colored,  rosy-crowned,  rosy-fingered,  rosy-tinted. 
 
  {Rosy  cross}.  See  the  Note  under  {Rosicrucian},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rosy 
  adj  1:  reflecting  optimism;  "a  rosy  future";  "looked  at  the  world 
  through  rose-colored  glasses"  [syn:  {rose-colored}] 
  2:  having  the  pinkish  flush  of  health  [syn:  {blooming},  {flushed}, 
  {rose-cheeked},  {rosy-cheeked}] 
  3:  blush  colored;  "blushful  mists"  [syn:  {blushful}] 
  4:  presaging  good  fortune;  "she  made  a  fortunate  decision  to  go 
  to  medical  school";  "rosy  predictions"  [syn:  {fortunate}, 
  {hopeful}]




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