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incarnadine

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Incarnadine (adj) means having the light pinkish colour of human skin.

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Having the light pinkish colour of human skin.

Having a deep, rich red colour, like blood.

"The bandages on his hands – cerise and incarnadine, opalescent and viridian – were grotesqueries that only emphasised his stature." — Stephen Reeder Donaldson, Against All Things Ending (2010)

Covered or stained with blood.

Red in colour.

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Etymology nostalgia Greek nostos “return home” + algos “pain”.

C2 · Advanced serendipity Fortunate discoveries made entirely by accident.

Gen Z slang rizz Charm — the ability to attract a romantic interest.

B2 · Intermediate empathy The capacity to share another person’s feelings.

C1 · Advanced nonchalant Casually calm and relaxed; unconcerned.

Internet slang delulu Delusional — believing something against the odds.

Etymology nostalgia Greek nostos “return home” + algos “pain”.

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Etymology

The adjective is derived from French incarnadin, incarnadine, from Italian incarnadino, a variant of incarnatino (“carnation; flesh colour”), from incarnato (“embodied, incarnate”) + -ino (suffix forming adjectives denoting composition, colour, or other qualities). Incarnato is derived from Ecclesiastical Latin and Late Latin incarnātus (“having been made incarnate”), the perfect passive participle of incarnō (“to become or make incarnate; to make into flesh”), from in- (suffix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + Latin carō (“flesh, meat; body”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). By surface analysis, in- + Latin carn- + -ade + -ine. The noun and verb are derived from the adjective. Adjective senses 2 and 3 (“of the blood-red colour of raw flesh; (figurative) bloostained, bloody”) and noun sense 2 (“blood-red colour of raw flesh”) are due to William Shakespeare’s use of the word as a verb in Macbeth (c. 1606): see the quotation below.

Rhymes for incarnadine

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What is the meaning of incarnadine?

"incarnadine" (adj) means having the light pinkish colour of human skin.

What are the different meanings of incarnadine?

"incarnadine" has 3 main meanings: 1. Having the light pinkish colour of human skin; 2. Having a deep, rich red colour, like blood; 3. Covered or stained with blood.