Rosaline

See also: rosaline

English

Etymology

An elaborate form of Rosalie, or a simplified form of Rosalind.

Proper noun

Rosaline

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • c. 1590, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, Act III, Scene I:

     And in her train there is a gentle lady;
     When tongues speak sweetly, then they name her name,
     And Rosaline they call her.

Related terms

• Rosalyn, Roselyn, Roslyn

Translations

female given name

• French: Roseline (fr), Roselyne (fr)

Anagrams

• Oslerian, Sorelian, ailerons, alerions, alienors, arsoline, isoneral, lion's ear, rose nail