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rosy

adj
/ˈɹəʊzi/UK/ˈɹoʊzi/US/ˈɹəʉzi/

Etymology

From Middle English rosy; equivalent to rose + -y.

  1. inherited from rosy

Definitions

  1. Rose-coloured.

    • Near-synonyms: rosish, rubicund

  2. Of any reddish hue from bright pink to the color of ruddy cheeks in a light-skinned…

    Of any reddish hue from bright pink to the color of ruddy cheeks in a light-skinned person.

    • If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon.

  3. Otherwise resembling a rose, as for example in scent of perfume.

  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. Optimistic.

    2. To make pinkish in colour.

      • Two flags of color rosied the jut of his cheekbones, giving him an unexpectedly boyish look.

    3. To present in a deceptively optimistic or positive light.

      • In suburban Kent, the owners of the Chislehurst Caves recognised their potential as communal shelters. Nottingham people used the caves under the castle. Retrospect has rosied the accounts of shelter life.

    4. Alternative spelling of Rosie (“tea”).

      • I fancy a cup of rosy.

    5. A diminutive of the female given name Rose and other related names, variant of Rosie.

    6. A village in Gmina Stoczek Łukowski, Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland.

    7. A former village in Sarny silrada, Yavoriv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist…

      A former village in Sarny silrada, Yavoriv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, annexed to the village of Liubyni in September 1989.

    8. An unincorporated community in Third River Township, Itasca County, Minnesota, United…

      An unincorporated community in Third River Township, Itasca County, Minnesota, United States.

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Derived

everything in the garden is rosy, everything is rosy in the garden, overrosy, paint a rosy picture, rosily, rosiness, rosy barb, rosybells, rosybill, rosy boa, rosy-cheeked, rosy drop, rosy-eyed, rosy feather star, rosy finch, rosy garlic, rosy-lipped batfish, rosy marsh moth, rosy minivet, rosy pastor, rosy periwinkle, rosy-red, rosy-red minnow, rosy rustic, rosy starling, rosy tern, rosy thrush-tanager, rosy wave

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at rosy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01rosy02rose-coloured03rose04pink05dianthus06carnations07carnation

A definitional loop anchored at rosy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at rosy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA