rosinessn.
/ˈrəʊzɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈroʊzinᵻs/ Rosy colour; pink or red colour or complexion. Frequently with reference to the cheeks. Also in extended use.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > rose red
rosea1350
rose coloura1382
rosetc1450
rose-reda1475
rosinessa1586
blush1589
bloom-colour1797
rose madder1835
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xvi. sig. Rr6 In her cheekes the whitenesse striuing by little and little to get vpon the rosinesse of them.
1647 S. Rutherford Christ Dying 341 The rosiness, whiteness, redness, comliness of his face.
1732 C. Bodens Modish Couple i. 12 Away vanishes the beautiful Rosiness of her Cheeks.
1754 J. Kirkpatrick Anal. Inoculation viii. 209 The Complexions which exhibited a soft damask-like Rosiness in the Countenance..were the most happily disposed for this Disease.
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 59 Such a complexion,..so healthily fair with such a sweet rosiness.
1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 65 Snow..on mountain heights, flushed with pure rosiness at the fall of day.
1917 R. S. Bourne in Atlantic Monthly June 782/1 He lay back in a big chair, glowing with rosiness, and still laughing at the thought of his escape from my ogredom.
1989 L. Deighton Spy Line xiii. 178 This impression of impending detonation was heightened by the rosiness of his cheeks and nose.
2000 R. Trezise In & out of Goldfish Bowl (2001) xi. 76 Why does everyone want to take this rosiness away? Daf is mine, you understand, mine, mine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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