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rosen en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English rosen (“made of roses; rosy”), from Old English rōsen (“of roses; rosy”), equivalent to rose + -en.

Meanings

1. (archaic, obsolete) Made of or consisting of roses.
   • In the year 1577. he confirmed the Fraternity of the Virgine Mary, and by Bull he gave Indulgences for a year unto all who would say a Rosen crown unto the Virgine, that is, if they would say five Paternosters, and fifty Ave Maryas. 1662, Alexander Petrie, A Compendious History of the Catholick Church:
   • Prediction, the Image whereof is a Crowne with a Rose, or a Rosen Crown, with the letter F seated or planted upon the same […] a certaine English Prince, whose name should begin with F, as for example, Frederike […] 2002, Marsha Keith Schuchard, Restoring the Temple of Vision:
2. (archaic, obsolete) Rosy; rose-coloured; ruddy.

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