rosemaled

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UK/ˈɹəʊzəˌmɑːld/UK/-sə-/UK/-ˌmɔːld/US/ˈɹoʊzəˌmɑld/

adjective

Adorned with rosemaling.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiverosemaled (comparative more rosemaled, superlative most rosemaled)

comparative more rosemaled · superlative most rosemaled

  1. USAdorned with rosemaling.

    Rosemaled Amerika trunks and other items have been prominently displayed in Norwegian American homes in the upper Midwest since frontier days. Early in the twenty-first century, in Norwegian areas of the Midwest, one also sees rosemaling in public settings such as stores and churches.

    2006, Philip Nusbaum, “Rosemaling”, in Richard Sisson, Christian Zacher, Andrew [R. L.] Cayton, editors, The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia, Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 410

Origin

  1. Norwegian Bokmålrosemalt
  2. Englishrosemaled

From rosemaling + -ed, modelled after Norwegian Bokmål rosemalt.

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APA

rosemaled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rosemaled

MLA

“rosemaled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rosemaled. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rosemaled,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rosemaled.

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