Etymology From Middle English rosy; equivalent to rose + -y.
1
Rose-coloured.
Near-synonyms: rosish, rubicund
2
Of any reddish hue from bright pink to the color of ruddy cheeks in a light-skinned person.
If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon.1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 2, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:
3
Otherwise resembling a rose, as for example in scent of perfume.
Etymology From Middle English rosy; equivalent to rose + -y.
1
To make pinkish in colour.
Two flags of color rosied the jut of his cheekbones, giving him an unexpectedly boyish look.2014, Lynn Viehl, Disenchanted & Co.:
2
To present in a deceptively optimistic or positive light.
In suburban Kent, the owners of the Chislehurst Caves recognised their potential as communal shelters. Nottingham people used the caves under the castle. Retrospect has rosied the accounts of shelter life.2003, Mary Abbott, Family Affairs: