Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a rose (plant or flower) or some aspect of one.

Etymologies

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rose +‎ -like

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Examples

  • First, ‘Dina†™ is a common slave name, often given to girls with the “Dina†™ brand, which is a small, roselike brand.

    Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988

  • The contrast between it and the basement of the new Asiatic Bank, the atmosphere of which was far from being roselike, was too much for his feelings.

    Psmith in the City 1928

  • Fran exclaimed, looking at him with starlike eyes and roselike cheeks, making the most fascinating picture he had ever beheld at midnight under a silver moon.

    Fran 1913

  • And indeed I am inclined to question whether it is an advantage to a maiden's after career to be dewy-roselike in her unsophistication.

    The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel William John Locke 1896

  • Her father shuddered, so awful was the contrast between the wizened, dirty-brown face and her roselike skin and fresh fairness.

    The Second Generation David Graham Phillips 1889

  • George was out and too confused to put away his tool, which was now shrinking to its normal state, slightly hanging in a sort of semi-stiffness all dripping with spend whilst Patty still lay with her legs wide apart, showing her charms, with the roselike lips of her cunny all red and quivering from the recent excitement, whilst two or three thick drops of pearly spend were slowly dripping down towards the parting of her beautiful thighs.

    Forbidden Fruit Luscious and exciting story and More forbidden fruit or Master Percy's progress in and beyond the domestic circle Anonymous

  • Indeed, there is even a brand called the 'dina, " which resembles the Dina, or slave flower, a tiny, roselike flower.

    Dancer Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1986

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