incarnadine

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪnˈkɑɹnəˌdiːn/ UK /ɪnˈkɑːnədiːn/ See IPA manual

Freq #172628

Meanings

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adj
Of a red colour.

Let the wine incarnadine, / In crystal goblets gleaming, / Be the sign, O muse divine, / Of golden moments teeming.

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Derived forms incarnadined

Etymology

The adjective is derived from French incarnadin, incarnadine, from Italian incarnadino, a variant of incarnatino (“carnation; flesh colour”), from incarnato (“embodied, incarnate”) + -ino (suffix forming adjectives denoting composition, colour, or other qualities). Incarnato is derived from Ecclesiastical Latin and Late Latin incarnātus (“having been made incarnate”), the perfect passive participle of incarnō (“to become or make incarnate; to make into flesh”), from in- (suffix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + Latin carō (“flesh, meat; body”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to c...

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# incarnadine

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈkɑɹnəˌdiːn/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈkɑːnədiːn/
**Frequency rank:** 172628

## Meanings
1. Of a red colour.

## Examples
- Let the wine incarnadine, / In crystal goblets gleaming, / Be the sign, O muse divine, / Of golden moments teeming.

## Derived Forms
- incarnadined

## Etymology
The adjective is derived from French incarnadin, incarnadine, from Italian incarnadino, a variant of incarnatino (“carnation; flesh colour”), from incarnato (“embodied, incarnate”) + -ino (suffix forming adjectives denoting composition, colour, or other qualities). Incarnato is derived from Ecclesiastical Latin and Late Latin incarnātus (“having been made incarnate”), the perfect passive participle of incarnō (“to become or make incarnate; to make into flesh”), from in- (suffix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + Latin carō (“flesh, meat; body”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to c...

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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