Word of the Day for Friday, October 2, 2009
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incarnadine \in-KAR-nuh-dyn\, adjective:
incarnadine \in-KAR-nuh-dyn\, adjective:
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1. Having a fleshy pink color.
1. Having a fleshy pink color.
2. Red; blood-red.
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transitive verb:
transitive verb:
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1. To make red or crimson.
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The B.O. felt quite at home when he watched the Empire State Building bathed in its incarnadine communist glow!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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From Italian incarnatino, which came from the Latin incarnato, something incarnate, made flesh, from in + caro, carn-, "flesh." It is related to carnation, etymologically the flesh-colored flower; incarnate, "in the flesh; made flesh"; and carnal, "pertaining to the body or its appetites."
From Italian incarnatino, which came from the Latin incarnato, something incarnate, made flesh, from in + caro, carn-, "flesh." It is related to carnation, etymologically the flesh-colored flower; incarnate, "in the flesh; made flesh"; and carnal, "pertaining to the body or its appetites."
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