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carnationed en · ADJ

Etymology

From carnation + -ed.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, poetic) Of a rosy pink colour.
   • carnationed cheeks
   • Lucy raised her face, carnationed with the most vivid blush, but hid it again. 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 41:
2. (not-comparable) Adorned with a carnation.
   • a carnationed buttonhole