incarnadine

in·car·na·dine  (n-kärn-dn, -dn, -dn)

adj.

1. Of a fleshy pink color.

2. Blood-red.

tr.v. in·car·na·dined, in·car·na·din·ing, in·car·na·dines

To make incarnadine, especially to redden.

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[French incarnadin, from Italian incarnadino, variant of incarnatino, diminutive of incarnato : in-, in (from Latin; see in-²) + carne, flesh (from Latin car, carn-; see incarnate).]

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incarnadine [ɪnˈkɑːnəˌdaɪn] Archaic or literary

vb

(tr) to tinge or stain with red

adj

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of a pinkish or reddish colour similar to that of flesh or blood

[from French incarnadin flesh-coloured, from Italian, from Late Latin incarnātus made flesh, incarnate]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

incarnadine - make flesh-colored color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"