Rosaline
See also: rosaline
English
Etymology
An elaborate form of Rosalie, or a simplified form of Rosalind.
Proper noun
Rosaline
- 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.
- c.1590 William Shakespeare: Love's Labour's Lost: Act III, Scene I: