rose

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of something having a dusty purplish pink color

   the roseate glow of dawn

2. 2
   noun

   A flower of the rose plant.

   Iu. 'Tis but thy name that is my Enemy: Thou art thy ſelfe... What's in a name? That which we call a Roſe, By any other word would ſmell as ſweete...

3. 3
   noun

   A fairy chess piece that can make knight moves in a circular path.

   The rose moves like a knight, but can continue making knight moves so long as there’s a 45-degree rotation between each jump. […] I can’t help but wonder if a full team of roses could even play against each other.

4. 4
   noun

   A type of sex toy shaped like a rose.

   Me after ignoring all bad reviews on a rose from Shein and it literally starts electrocuting my clih.

5. 5
   verb

   To make rose-colored; to redden or flush.

   A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty.

6. 6
   verb

   To perfume, as with roses.

   the very nape of her white neck Was rosed with indignation

7. 7
   verb

   past participle of rise

   Chidley-Mount, Som. on the other ſide of the Parret, oppoſite to Bridgewater, which is ſuppoſed to have roſe from its ruins.

8. 8
   name

   A female given name from Germanic.

   Celia: Therefore, my sweet Rose, my dear Rose, be merry. Rosalind. From henceforth I will, coz, and devise sports.

Etymology

From Middle English rose, roose, from Old English rōse, but with its vowel influenced by Old French rose, both from Latin rosa. cognates and more remote and uncertain etymology The Latin is of uncertain origin, but likely via Oscan from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) (Aeolic ϝρόδον (wródon)), from Old Persian *vr̥dah (“flower”) (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀- (var^əδa-), Sogdian [script needed] (ward), Parthian wâr, late Middle Persian [Term?] (gwl /⁠gul⁠/), Persian گل (gol, “rose, flower”), and Middle Iranian borrowings including Old Armenian վարդ (vard, “rose”), Aramaic וַרְדָּא (wardā) / ܘܪܕ…