Associations to the word «Roseate»

Wiktionary

ROSEATE, adjective. Like the rose flower; pink; rosy.
ROSEATE TERN, noun. (UK) A species of tern, Sterna dougallii.
ROSEATE TERNS, noun. Plural of roseate tern

Dictionary definition

ROSEATE, adjective. Of something having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats