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Posier vs Rosier - What's the difference?

posier | rosier |

As adjectives the difference between posier and rosier

is that posier is comparative of posey while rosier is comparative of rosy.

posier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (posey)

    • posey

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (British, informal) Pretentious

    • Anagrams

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    rosier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (rosy)
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    rosy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Rose-coloured.
  • *
    • 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.
  • Resembling rose, as in scent of perfume.
  • Optimistic.

    • Etymology 2

    From Cockney rhyming slang, "Rosie Lee".

    Alternative forms

    * Rosie (more common spelling, as per the etymology)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (slang, British) tea
    • I wish a cup of Rosy .
    I fancy a cup of rosy lee.
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