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   Ro·se·ate

   /ˈrōzēət/

   

   adjective

   • 1. rose-colored: "the early, roseate light"
   • ▪ used in names of birds with partly pink plumage, e.g., roseate tern, roseate spoonbill.
   • 2. optimistic or idealistic: "his letters home give a very good, although somewhat too roseate, idea of how he lived"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin roseus ‘rosy’ (from rosa ‘rose’) + -ate2.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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