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incarnadine definition

in·car·na·dine (in kär′nə dīn′, -din, -dēn′)

adjective

  1. flesh-colored; pink
  2. red; esp., blood-red

Etymology: Fr incarnadin < It incarnatino < incarnato < LL(Ec) incarnatus: see incarnate

noun

the color of either flesh or blood

transitive verb incarnadined -·dined′, incarnadining -·din′·ing

to make incarnadine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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