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Definition: Rosy |
RosyAdjective1. Reflecting optimism; "a rosy future"; "looked at the world through rose-colored glasses". 2. Having the pinkish flush of health. 3. Blush colored; "blushful mists". 4. Presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Rosy" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a rose". |
Date "rosy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Note: Rosy \Ros"y\, adjective. [Comparative Rosier; superlative Rosiest.]. (references) |
Synonyms: RosySynonyms: blooming (adj), blushful (adj), flushed (adj), fortunate (adj), hopeful (adj), rose-cheeked (adj), rose-colored (adj), rosy-cheeked (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beauty | Bright, bright eyed; rosy cheeked, cherry cheeked; rosy, ruddy; blooming, in full bloom. |
Drunkenness | Drink; alcoholic drinks; blue ruin, grog, port wine; punch, punch bowl; cup, rosy wine, flowing bowl; drop, drop too much; dram; beer; (beverage); aguardiente; apple brandy, applejack; brandy, brandy smash; chain lightning, champagne, gin, ginsling; highball, peg, rum, rye, schnapps, sherry, sling, uisquebaugh, usquebaugh, whisky, xeres. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Rosy |
| English words defined with "rosy": Astrantia major, Australian pea ♦ bloom, blush, Blushy ♦ Chinese magnolia, coast rhododendron, common apricot, common myrtle, cottage pink ♦ dazzled, Dianthus plumarius, Dipogon lignosus, Dolichos lignosus, dwarf Russian almond ♦ Epacris purpurascens ♦ Florideae, flush ♦ grass pink, greater masterwort, Gyromitra sphaerospora ♦ hanging geranium, healthy ♦ ivy geranium, ivy-leaved geranium ♦ Magnolia soulangiana, Myrtus communis ♦ Outblush ♦ Pelargonium peltatum, Pinkster flower, Port Jackson heath, Prairie clover, Prunus armeniaca, Prunus tenella ♦ Rhododendron californicum, Rhododendron maxima, rosebay, rose-colored, Rosen, Rosily, rosiness, round-spored gyromitra, Russian almond ♦ saucer magnolia, Sunglow. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "rosy": Apricot ♦ Gossypia ♦ responsibility, ROSY GILLS. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "rosy": Blushy. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Ring around the rosy, a pocket full of spears (The Wizard of Oz; writing credit: Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf) I don't remember my childhood being that rosy. (Law & Order; writing credit: Peter Yeldham) | |
Lyrics | First time in years, to drench you skin with lovers' rosy stain (A View to a Kill; performing artist: Duran Duran) To see the world through your Rosy glasses (Tucker’s Town; performing artist: Hootie & The Blowfish) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Rosy (1965) The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947) Feeling Rosy (1933) The Ghost of Rosy Taylor (1918) Rosy Rapture (1914) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Beach grass, poison ivy, rosy mucosa, and cat-tails. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Reef fish, including rosy snappers, occupy a deep limestone reef. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | A rosy rock fish. Credit: Sanctuaries. |  | Flowerscape, at the top of Lower Table Rock, includes Fiddleneck (tall, orange flower), Popcorn Flower (white), and Rosy Plectritis. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |
 | It's rosy, all right -- but I can't quite believe my eyes!. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Charles Dickens | Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine. |
Edmond Rostand | A kiss, when all is said, what is it? A rosy dot placed on the ''I'' in loving; Tis a secret told to the mouth instead of to the ear. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | She looked four or five years older than Bruno, but she had the same rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes, and the same wealth of curly brown hair |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Her rosy lips babbled with enchantment |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The sunlight breaking suddenly on his sight turned the sky and clouds into a fantastic world of sombre masses with lakelike spaces of dark rosy light |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And now Al was rosy with the compliment |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Australia | Australia celebrated its 100th anniversary as a Federation in 2001, but despite the current rosy economic picture, several difficult policy issues will need to be addressed as Australia enters its second century. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RESPONSIBILITY, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star. Alas, things ain't what we should see If Eve had let that apple be; And many a feller which had ought To set with monarchses of thought, Or play some rosy little game With battle-chaps on fields of fame, Is downed by his unlucky star And hollers: "Peanuts! -- here you are!" "The Sturdy Beggar" |
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| "Rosy" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 89.21% of the time. "Rosy" is used about 315 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 89.21% | 281 | 17,410 |
| Noun (proper) | 10.79% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Total | 100.00% | 315 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "rosy" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Rosy | First name Female | 1,000 | 3,467 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Rosy" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a rose". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "rosy". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Rozabela | Female | Esperanto | Rosy and beautiful |
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| The following table summarizes names related to "Rosy." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Rosanna | Female | English | Rose |
| Rosanne | Female | English | Rose |
| Rose | Female | English | N/A |
| Rosemary | Female | English | Rose |
| Rosie | Female | English | Rose |
| Rosy | Female | English | Rose |
| Rose | Female | French | N/A |
| Rosemarie | Female | German | Rose |
| Róis | Female | Irish | Rose |
| Rosanna | Female | Italian | Rose |
| Rosemarie | Female | Scandinavian | Rose |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "rosy": become rosy ♦ look rosy about the gills ♦ rosy boa ♦ rosy cheeks ♦ rosy cross ♦ rosy whelk. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "rosy": rosy-bricked, rosy-bright, rosy-cheeked, rosy-faced, rosy-fingered, rosy-hued, rosy-lipped, rosy-pink, rosy-purple, rosy-red, rosy-skinned, rosy-tipped, rosy-veined, rosy-walled, rosy-yellow. | |
Ending with "rosy": ring-a-rosy, ring-around-a-rosy, ring-around-rosy, ring-around-the-rosy. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "rosy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rozë (flesh-colored, flesh-coloured, pink, rose colored, rose coloured), i trëndafiltë (damask, roseate). (various references) | |
Arabic | متفائل (bullish, hopeful, in expectancy, optimistic, pollyanna, rose colored, rose coloured, sanguine, sanguineous, sunny, upbeat), متورد (blush, florid, rose, ruddy), وردي (carnation, florid, pink, rosaceous, rose, roseate), باسم (bright, on behalf of, smiling). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | светъл (auspicious, bright, cheerful, cheery, clear, fair, fair haired, fine, light, liquid, lucent, lucid, pale, relucent, unshadowed, vivid, white), румен (high-colored, high-coloured, red, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine), розов (carnation, pink, rose, rose colored, rose coloured, roseate), весел (airy, blithe, blithesome, boisterous, bright, buoyant, canty, cheery, chirp, chirpy, colorful, colourful, coltish, convivial, daft, debonair, exhilarated, festal, gamesome, gay, genial, gladsome, gleeful, gleesome, good humoured, good-humored, high, humorous, jaunty, jocular, jocund, joky, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, light, light hearted, lightsome, lively, mellow, merry, mirthful, peppy, perky, rackety, roistering, rollicking, rorty, saucy, slaphappy, sparkish, sportive, sporty, sprightly, swinging, upbeat, winsome), оптимистичен (elastic, optimistic, optimistical, sanguine, sunny, upbeat). (various references) | |
Chinese | 透紅 , 玫瑰色. (various references) | |
Czech | rùžový (pink, rose, rose colored, rose coloured, roseate). (various references) | |
Danish | roennebladlus (rosy aphid), roed aeblebladlus (bluebug, mealy apple aphid, rosy apple aphid), Middelhavs-savbug (rosy soldierfish). (various references) | |
Dutch | roze appelbladluis (bluebug, mealy apple aphid, rosy apple aphid), rose appelluis (bluebug, mealy apple aphid, rosy apple aphid), roodachtige appelbladluis (rosy aphid), Middellandsezee-slijmkop (rosy soldierfish), aardappelstengelboorder (potato stem borer, rosy rustic moth). (various references) | |
Farsi | لعل فام , گلی کردن (Muddy), گلگون (Roseate, Ruddy), گل پاشیده , سرخ (Red, Sanguine), خوشبو (Aromatic, Scented). (various references) | |
Finnish | ruusuinen, kukkea (flourishing, fresh). (various references) | |
French | rosé (rosaceous, rose), souriant, qui se présente bien, qui présente bien, brillant. (various references) | |
German | rosig (auroral, sunny). (various references) | |
Greek | ρόδινοσ (roseate), ρόδινος, ροδαλόσ (florid). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ורו" (pink, rose, rose coloured, roseate), ור"ר" (pinkish). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rózsás (pink), rózsaszínű (pink). (various references) | |
Italian | roseo (pinkish, rose colored, roseate). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "薇十字団 (Fellowship of the Rosy Cross, Rosicrucian), 紅" (rosy cheeks). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ばらじゅうじ " (Fellowship of the Rosy Cross, Rosicrucian), "うが" (audacity, broadminded, great and prosperous, impudence, official, open, public, rosy cheeks, testicles, triumphant). (various references) | |
Korean | 장미빛 (Rosier, Rosiest). (various references) | |
Manx | ruissagh (florid, reddish, rose-coloured, ruddy). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | osyray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | rosado (auroral, florid, flush, pinkish, pinky, roseate, rose-colored, rose-coloured, ruddy), róseo (pinkish, pinky, roseate, rose-colored, rose-coloured, ruddy), cor-de-rosa (pink, rose, roseate, rose-colored, rose-coloured), avermelhado (red-colored, reddish, rose-colored, rose-coloured, ruddy). (various references) | |
Romanian | rumen (florid, paunch, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine, vermillion), roz (pink, pinkish, pinkness, rose), trandafiriu (incarnadine, pink, pinkish, rose, rose colored, rose coloured), de trandafir, îmbujorat (ablush, blushing, glowing, hectic). (various references) | |
Russian | румяный (florid, high-colored, high-coloured, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rumen (blush, florid, flush, incarnadine, ruddy, vermilion, vermillion), ružičast (rose, roseate). (various references) | |
Spanish | roseo, rosado (pink, pinkish, rose, rose colored, rose coloured, roseate), sonrosado (ruddy), prometedor (fair, hopeful, likely, promiser, promising, promisor, rising). (various references) | |
Swedish | rosig. (various references) | |
Thai | มีผิวสีชมพูผ่องใส, มีสีชมพู, มีความหวัง. (various references) | |
Turkish | pembe (carnation, garnet, pink, rhodo-, rose, rose color, rose colored, rose colour, rose coloured, roseate, rose-pink), güllük gülistanlık (roseate), gül renkli, gül gibi (rosaceous), ümit verici (encouraging, hopeful, promising, roseate, up and coming). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | рум'яний (auroral, blushful, high-colored, high-coloured, red, red-faced, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine), рожевий (auroral, incarnadine, pink, pinky, rose colored, rose coloured, roseate), радісний (cheery, cock-a-hoop, elate, elated, festal, glad, gleeful, heartwarming, joyful, joyous, jubilant, roseate). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | yêu đời, h"ng (bay, rose, roseate, rose-coloured). (various references) | |
Welsh | gwridog (rosy-cheeked, ruddy), bochgoch (rosy-cheeked). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Anuraphis roseus, Anuraphis sorbi, Dentatus malifolii, Dentatus sorbi, Dysaphis malifoliae, Dysaphis plantaginea, Dysaphis sorbi, Gortyna micacea, Hoplostethus mediterraneus, Hydraecia micacea, Hydroecia micacea, Pomaphis sorbi, Sappaphis mali, Sappaphis malifolii, Sappaphis plantaginea, Sappaphis sorbi, Yezabura mali, Yezabura malifolii. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "rosy": antileprosy, brosy, leprosy, prosy. (additional references) | |
Words containing "rosy": centrosymmetric, nitrosyl, nitrosyls. (additional references) | |
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"Rosy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dosy, drosey, drosy, Ersoy, fosy, hrossi, Kosy, Orczy, ordy, Ornsay, ossy, osy, oys, Rassy, rasy, resay, rexy, rhodyn, Rhovyl, Ribsgy, Risby, rizy, robsy, Rocyn, roey, rogy, rohy, roissy, roly, romy, rony, roochy, roosie, rooty, Rooy, rorys, ros, rosey, rosh, rosig, rosit, roso, rosp, rossi, rosso, Rossy, rosys, Rowsay, rowy, roxy, roys, royse, Royst, roz, roza, rozi, rozy, rpsi, rs, rso, rusdy, Rusi, russi, rusyny, ruxy, ruzi, tryosyl, wosy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "rosy" (pronounced rō"zē) |
| 3 | -ō" z ē | Cosey, cosy, cozy, mosey, nosy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "o-r-s-y" | |
-1 letter: ors, soy. | |
-2 letters: or, os, oy, so, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "o-r-s-y" | |
+1 letter: brosy, gorsy, gyros, horsy, oyers, prosy, ryots, sorry, story, stroy, troys, tyros, yores, yours. | |
+2 letters: argosy, boyars, dropsy, drosky, drossy, drowsy, forays, foyers, frosty, frowsy, groszy, gyrons, gyrose, horsey, hydros, mayors, morays, oryxes, osprey, oyster, payors, rayons, rosary, rosery, rosily, rosiny, royals, savory, shorty, sorely, sourly, sporty, storey, stormy, stoury, stroys, toyers. | |
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