overrosy
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]overrosy (comparative more overrosy, superlative most overrosy)
- Excessively rosy (in various senses).
- 1949, Laura Baxter, Alpha Latzke, Today's Clothing, Chicago, I.L. […]: w:J. B. Lippincott Company, page 13:
- Overrosy cheeks or an overemphasized mouth tends to dwarf the eyes and destroy the balance of the face.
- 2024 May 17, Farhad Manjoo, “Men’s Hygiene Is in a Very Sorry State”, in Slate[1], New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-05-19:
- As a guy who long ago fell in with the cult of the Japanese washlet bidet, I'll concede that my expectations of the next fella's nethers may once have been a tad overrosy. Not anymore. Not after my years on Reddit.