Rōs'y, a.

a. [compar. ROSIER; superl. ROSIEST.] [From rose.] Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming; red; blushing; charming.

A smile that glowed Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue. Milton. While blooming youth and gay delight Sit on thy rosy cheeks confessed. Prior.

Rosy is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rosy-bosomed, rosy-colored, rosy-crowned, rosy-fingered, rosy-tinted, and the like.