ROSINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rosiness mean? 

• ROSINESS (noun)
  The noun ROSINESS has 3 senses:

1. a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

2. a healthy reddish complexion

3. a dusty pink color

  Familiarity information: ROSINESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROSINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

bloom; blush; flush; rosiness

Hypernyms ("rosiness" is a kind of...):

good health; healthiness (the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease)

Derivation:

rosy (having the pinkish flush of health)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A healthy reddish complexion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

rosiness; ruddiness

Hypernyms ("rosiness" is a kind of...):

complexion; skin color; skin colour (the coloring of a person's face)

Derivation:

rosy (having the pinkish flush of health)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A dusty pink color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

rose; rosiness

Hypernyms ("rosiness" is a kind of...):

pink (a light shade of red)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rosiness"):

old rose (a greyish-pink color)

Derivation:

rosy (of blush color)