Incarnadine Definition
ĭn-kärnə-dīn, -dēn, -dĭn
incarnadined, incarnadines, incarnadining
adjective
Flesh-colored; pink.
Webster's New World
Red; esp., blood-red.
Webster's New World
verb
To make incarnadine.
Webster's New World
To cause to be the blood-red colour of raw flesh.
Wiktionary
To cause to be red or crimson.
Wiktionary
noun
The color of either flesh or blood.
Webster's New World
Red in general.
Wiktionary
Origin of Incarnadine
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French incarnadin from Italian incarnadino variant of incarnatino diminutive of incarnato in- in (from Latin in–2) carne flesh (from Latin carō carn- incarnate)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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French incarnadine, Italian incarnadino, a variant of incarnadito (“flesh color”), from incarnato (“incarnate”), from Latin incarnari (“be made flesh”), from in + cano (“flesh”).
From Wiktionary
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