carnationed

adj — 2 senses

carnationed

adj

Etymology From carnation + -ed.

1

Poetic Of a rosy pink colour.

carnationed cheeks
Lucy raised her face, carnationed with the most vivid blush, but hid it again.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 41:

2

Adorned with a carnation.

a carnationed buttonhole

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