overrosy

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adjective

Excessively rosy (in various senses).

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Meanings

adjectiveoverrosy (comparative more overrosy, superlative most overrosy)

comparative more overrosy · superlative most overrosy

  1. Excessively rosy (in various senses).

    Overrosy cheeks or an overemphasized mouth tends to dwarf the eyes and destroy the balance of the face.

    1949, Laura Baxter, Alpha Latzke, Today's Clothing, Chicago, I.L. […]: w:J. B. Lippincott Company, page 13
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    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.

    2024 May 17, Farhad Manjoo, “Men’s Hygiene Is in a Very Sorry State”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 May 2024

Origin

From over- + rosy.

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APA

overrosy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overrosy

MLA

“overrosy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overrosy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overrosy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overrosy.

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