rosy

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊzi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊzi/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʉzi/

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• Rhymes: -əʊzi

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

rosy (comparative rosier, superlative rosiest)

1. Rose-coloured.

   Synonyms: pink, rubicund

2. Of any reddish hue from bright pink to the color of ruddy cheeks in a light-skinned person.
   • 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 2, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:

     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. (figuratively) Optimistic.

rosy (third-person singular simple present rosies, present participle rosying, simple past and past participle rosied)

1. (transitive) To make pinkish in colour.
   • 2014, Lynn Viehl, Disenchanted & Co.:

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

2. (transitive) To present in a deceptively optimistic or positive light.
   • 2003, Mary Abbott, Family Affairs:

     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.

A variant of Rosie, an ellipsis of Rosie Lee.

rosy (uncountable)

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

   I fancy a cup of rosy.

• Roys, roys, sory, Syro-, RYOs

• IPA^(key): [ˈrosɪ]

rosy f

1. genitive singular of rosa

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɔsɨ]

rosy

1. dative singular of rosa
2. locative singular of rosa
3. nominative dual of rosa
4. accusative dual of rosa

rosy

1. The Russian language.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.sɘ/
• Rhymes: -ɔsɘ
• Syllabification: ro‧sy

rosy f

1. inflection of rosa:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural