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Rosy vs Rosaceous - What's the difference?

rosy | rosaceous |

As adjectives the difference between rosy and rosaceous

is that rosy is rose-coloured while rosaceous is of or pertaining to a rose, or a member of the rosaceae family of plants or rosaceous can be resembling or characteristic of rosacea; rosy; reddish.

As a noun rosy

is (slang|british) tea.

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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    rosaceous

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to a rose, or a member of the Rosaceae family of plants.

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of rosacea; rosy; reddish.
  • * 1976 , Ronald Marks, Common facial dermatoses (page 9)
    • In cold weather rosaceous cheeks often tend to become mauvish and take on a cyanotic tinge.