roseate

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   pink, rosy, or tinged with rose color

   The parakeet had a pale roseate head above its green collar.

2. 2
   adj

   optimistic, hopeful, or presented in an excessively favorable light

   The report offered a roseate view of the project while ignoring its mounting costs.

From Middle English roseat and Anglo-Latin roseatus ("rose-colored"), from Latin rosa ("rose") + an adjectival suffix. The figurative sense extends the pleasing rosy color to an optimistic outlook.

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