roseal

English

Etymology

From rose +‎ -al.

Adjective

roseal (comparative more roseal, superlative most roseal)

1. (obsolete) Resembling a rose in scent or colour.
   • 1531, Thomas Elyot, edited by Ernest Rhys, The Boke Named the Governour […] (Everyman’s Library), London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Co, published [1907], →OCLC:

     The rosiall colour, whiche was wonte to be in his vysage, [was] tourned into salowe.

   • 1648, Joseph Beaumont, “Canto VII. The Great Little One. Stanza 226.”, in Psyche: Or Loves Mysterie, […], London: […] John Dawson for George Boddington, […], →OCLC, page 112, column 2:

     For when from roſeall Aurora’s door / Fair Titan shak’d his locks, and marched out; [...]

   • 1646-48, Richard Crashaw, Steps To The Temple.

     The rich and roseal spring of those rare sweets.

Anagrams

• AOLers, Laroes, Larose, Loeras, arsole, orales, solera