incarnadine

adj.

1. Of a fleshy pink color.
2. Blood-red.

tr.v., -dined, -din·ing, -dines.
To make incarnadine, especially to redden.

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

(in-KAHR-nuh-dyn)

adjective
Flesh-colored; blood-red.

noun
An incarnadine color.

verb tr.
To make incarnadine.

Etymology
Via French and Italian from Latin caro, (flesh). Ultimately from Indo-European root sker- (to cut) that's also the source of words such as skirt, curt, screw, shard, shears, carnage, carnivorous, carnation, sharp, and scrape

Usage
"They wait outside the temple, on steps incarnadine with ministerial sacrifice." — Simon Jenkins; It's the Voters Wot Win It; The Times (London, UK); Mar 19, 1997.

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flesh-colored; red, esp: blood red

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: make flesh-colored

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