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overrosy

overrosy adjective: excessively rosy (in various senses).

Adjective

overrosy (comparative more overrosy, superlative most overrosy)

  1. Excessively rosy (in various senses).
    • Overrosy cheeks or an overemphasized mouth tends to dwarf the eyes and destroy the balance of the face.1949, Laura Baxter, Alpha Latzke, Today's Clothing, Chicago, I.L. […]: w:J. B. Lippincott Company, page 13
    • As a guy who long ago fell in with the cult of the Japanese washlet bidet, I'll concede that my expectations of the next fella's nethers may once have been a tad overrosy. Not anymore. Not after my years on Reddit.2024 May 17, Farhad Manjoo, “Men’s Hygiene Is in a Very Sorry State”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 May 2024

Forms of overrosy

comparativemore overrosy
superlativemost overrosy

Origin of overrosy

From over- + rosy.

Questions about overrosy

What does overrosy mean?
Overrosy means excessively rosy (in various senses).
What part of speech is overrosy?
Overrosy is an adjective.

Words near overrosy in the dictionary

  1. overroof
  2. overroofed
  3. overroofing
  4. overroofs
  5. overrose
  6. overrosy
  7. overrotate
  8. overrotated
  9. overrotates
  10. overrotating
  11. overrotation

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