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carnationed

carnationed adjective: of a rosy pink colour.

Adjective

carnationed (not comparable)

  1. (poetic) Of a rosy pink colour.
    • carnationed cheeks
    • Lucy raised her face, carnationed with the most vivid blush, but hid it again.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 41
  2. Adorned with a carnation.
    • a carnationed buttonhole

Origin of carnationed

From carnation + -ed.

Questions about carnationed

What does carnationed mean?
Carnationed means of a rosy pink colour.
What part of speech is carnationed?
Carnationed is an adjective.

Words near carnationed in the dictionary

  1. Carnathans
  2. Carnatic
  3. carnation
  4. Carnation Revolution
  5. carnation-grass
  6. carnationed
  7. carnationist
  8. carnationists
  9. carnations
  10. carnauba
  11. carnauba wax

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