roseate adj 1: of something having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn" [syn: {rose}, {roseate}, {rosaceous}]
Roseate \Ro"se*ate\, a. [Cf. L. roseus, rosatus, prepared from roses. See {Roseal}, {Rose}.] 1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers. [1913 Webster] 2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips. [1913 Webster] {Roseate tern} (Zool.), an American and European tern ({Sterna Dougalli}) whose breast is roseate in the breeding season. [1913 Webster]