roseal, a. Now arch.
(ˈrəʊzɪəl)
Also 6–7 roseall, rosiall, 7 rosial.
[f. L. rose-us + -al1, or from rose n. + -ial.]
1. = roseate a. 1.
| α 1531 Elyot Gov. ii. xii, Beholding the rosiall colour, which was wont to be in his visage, tourned in to sallowe. 1595 Blanchardine (1890) 220 Seazing vpon the rosiall lips of his royall Queene. 1620 Swetnam Arraigned (1880) 25 Then I must blame you, Ladie, you doe ill, To blast those Rosiall blossomes. 1636 Davenant Wits Wks. (1673) 187 The Stones are Rosial and Of the white Rock. |
| β 1587 M. Grove Pelops & Hipp. (1878) 44 She whose roseall hue was staynde and hyd on euery cheeke. a 1592 Greene Jas. IV, v. iii, The Roseall crosse is spred within thy field, A signe of peace. 1607 Dekker Whore of Babylon Wks. 1873 II. 209 By that blest flower Vpon whose roseal stalke our peace does grow. 1622 Peacham Compl. Gent. (1661) 164 Sibilla Agrippa is to be drawn in a Roseall garment, a woman in years. 1747 Gentl. Mag. 242 Far in the roseal east, Aurora's seat. 1893 F. Thompson Poems 69 Child-angels, from your wings Fall the roseal hoverings..On the cheeks of Viola. |
2. = roseate a. 2.
| 1577–87 Holinshed Chron. I. 92/1 Cast vpon his sacred toome the roseall garlands gaie. 1893 F. Thompson Poems 59 They took the roseal chaplet up. |
3. = roseate a. 3.
| a 1601 ? Marston Pasquil & Kath. ii. 135, I did but softly sip The Roseall juice of your reuiuing breath. 1652 Crashaw Carmen Deo Nostro, Prayer, The rich & roseall spring of those rare sweets. |