Category:Rosy

Ros"y, a. [compar. Rosier; superl. Rosiest.]

Defn: resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming; red; Blushing; also, adorned with roses. A smile that glowed celestial rosy-red, love's proper hue. Milton. While blooming youth and gay delight sit thy rosy cheeks confessed. Prior.

Note: rosy is sometimes used in the formation of selfrosy-bosomed, Rosy-colored, rosy-crowned, rosy-fingered, rosy-tinted. Rosy cross. See the note under rosicrucian, n.