Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a color like carnation; pink.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having a flesh color.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective poetic Of a rosy pink colour.
  • adjective Adorned with a carnation.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

carnation +‎ -ed

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word carnationed.

Examples

  • At length one noticed the fact, and another; and then it became the general topic of conversation in the group upon the bridge, where Ethelberta, her hair getting frizzed and her cheeks carnationed by the wind, sat upon a camp-stool looking towards the prow.

    The Hand of Ethelberta 2006

  • At length one noticed the fact, and another; and then it became the general topic of conversation in the group upon the bridge, where Ethelberta, her hair getting frizzed and her cheeks carnationed by the wind, sat upon a camp-stool looking towards the prow.

    The Hand of Ethelberta Thomas Hardy 1884

  • Asked afterward, several employees said they had not noticed the carnationed crew, nor the reading outdoors.

    NYT > Home Page By MELENA RYZIK 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.