rosy

rosy

English

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -əʊzi

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

rosy (comparative rosier, superlative rosiest)

1. Rose-coloured.
   • 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.

2. Resembling rose, as in scent of perfume.
3. (figuratively) Optimistic.

Derived terms

• paint a rosy picture

Translations

rose-coloured

Armenian: վարդագույն (hy) (vardaguyn) Bulgarian: розов (bg) (rozov) Chinese: Mandarin: 薔薇色的／蔷薇色的 (zh) (qiángwēisè de) French: rosé (fr) German: rosig (de) Greek: τριανταφυλλής (el) (triantafyllís), ρόδινος (el) (ródinos) Ancient: ῥοδίνος (rhodínos) Italian: roseo (it) Japanese: 薔薇色の (ja) (ばらいろの, barairo no) Latin: roseus Russian: ро́зовый (ru) (rózovyj) Swedish: rosig (sv), rosenröd (sv) Volapük: rosadakölik (vo), rosadaredik (vo)

optimistic

Bulgarian: радостен (bg) (radosten), оптимистичен (bg) (optimističen) German: rosig (de) Greek: ρόδινος (el) (ródinos) Hungarian: rózsás (hu) Persian: امیدبخش‎ (omid-baxš) Russian: ра́дужный (ru) (rádužnyj) ("'rainbowy"), ро́зовый (ru) (rózovyj) Spanish: halagüeño (es) Swedish: rosenröd (sv), rosenskimrande (sv)

Verb

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.

Etymology 2

From Cockney rhyming slang, Rosie Lee.

Alternative forms

• Rosie (more common spelling, as per the etymology)

Noun

rosy (uncountable)

1. (slang, Britain) tea

   I wish a cup of Rosy.

   I fancy a cup of rosy lee.

Anagrams

• Syro-, roys, sory

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrosɪ]

Noun

rosy f

1. genitive singular of rosa

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɔsɨ]

Noun

rosy

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

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Malagasy

Noun

rosy

1. The Russian language.

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Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rosy f

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