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rosaline

rosaline noun: a type of needlepoint.

Noun

rosaline (uncountable)

  1. A type of needlepoint.
  2. Thulite.
    • Rosaline thulite (pink zoisite). Rose quartz […]1920, Minerals Yearbook, page 160

Proper noun capitalized: Rosaline

Rosaline

  1. A female given name from Latin.
    • And in her train there is a gentle lady;
      When tongues speak sweetly, then they name her name,
      And Rosaline they call her.c. 1590, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, Act III, Scene I

Origin of rosaline

An elaborate form of Rosalie, or a simplified form of Rosalind.

Questions about rosaline

What does rosaline mean?
Rosaline means a type of needlepoint.
What part of speech is rosaline?
Rosaline can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near rosaline in the dictionary

  1. rosalias
  2. Rosalie
  3. Rosalina
  4. Rosalind
  5. Rosalindian
  6. rosaline
  7. Rosals
  8. Rosalyn
  9. Rosalynn
  10. rosamine
  11. rosamines

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