sun-blushedadj.
/ˈsʌnblʌʃt/, /ˌsʌnˈblʌʃt/, U.S. /ˈsənˌbləʃt/ 1. literary and poetic. Coloured or lit by the sun; esp. given a pink or red colour through exposure to the sun.
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1867 Scott's Monthly Mag. Sept. 674/2 Once more we saw The maples burn, the grapes mature, The fruits sun-blushed, the fat pawpaw.
1894 Locomotive Firemen's Mag. Mar. 226/2 He had a lovely young daughter, Ellen, with cheeks as sweet as the sun-blushed peach.
1910 H. Tuttle & E. R. Tuttle Stories from beyond Borderland 218 This evening twilight Constance descended from the sun-blushed sky.
1938 Iola (Kansas) Daily Reg. 15 Nov. 3/6 The top-most Sun blushed peaks, Of towering trees.
1988 B. Krahn Hidden Fires 282 Mrs. McKay took in Eden's..impeccable carriage, her sun-blushed face and striking eyes.
2016 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 25 June (Features section) 5 Tanned or sun-blushed, gangly limbs in shorts and T-shirts darted here and there.
2. Originally and chiefly British. Designating tomatoes that have been partly dried (by the sun, in the oven, etc.); = sunblush adj. 2.Such tomatoes are not dried to the same extent as those described as sun-dried; cf. sun-dried adj. 1a.
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1998 Guardian 12 Sept. (Travel section) 11/1 I can't find a spaghettini with sun-blushed tomatoes in a red pesto sauce.
2005 Fresh Nov. 35/1 Return the beef to the pan with all the other ingredients, apart from the sunblushed tomatoes.
2013 M. Caines Michael Caines at Home 94 Sun-blushed tomatoes are not to be confused with sun-dried. Sun-blushed tomatoes have moisture left in them, and have an intense flavour which is often enhanced by garlic and thyme.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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