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adjective 1. Rose-colored.
2. Used in names of birds with partly pink plumage, e.g., roseate tern, roseate spoonbill.
3. Optimistic or idealistic.
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Latin, mid-15th century
Why This Word?
"Roseate" — from the Latin "roseus," meaning "rosy" — is an adjective to describe something quite literally colored pink, or it can take on the metaphorical definition of "excessively optimistic." The expression "seeing the world through rose-colored glasses" has been in use since the 1830s as a poetic descriptor for "living with optimism," albeit tinged with naïveté. ...
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