rosepetal

See also: rose-petal and rose petal

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊz pɛt(ə)l/, /ɹoʊz.pɛt(ə)l/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊz pɛt(ə)l/, /ɹəʊz.pɛt(ə)l/

Noun

rosepetal (plural rosepetals)

1. Alternative spelling of rose petal
   • 1978, Alfred F. Rosa, The Old century and the new: essays in honor of Charles Angoff, page 122:

     With much fuss and kindness they brought me coffee and candied rosepetal jam — delicious indeed.

   • 2003, in the Collector's Guide, volume 17, number 1, page 63:

     A gallery opening in Albuquerque's Nob Hill or Santa Fe's Canyon Road, leading to some rosepetal-dusted squab enchiladas for dinner, followed by dancing to Middle Eastern techno-fusion music, capped off by coffee and poetry […]

   • 2007, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Threshold:

     […] presses herself scrapbook rosepetal flat against the old bricks and mortar as far as the wall runs.

Adjective

rosepetal

1. As soft, delicate or (red- or pink-) coloured as the petal of a rose.
   • sometime 1900-1963, William Carlos Williams, A Struggle, printed in The lost works of William Carlos Williams by Robert J. Cirasa, page 55:

     […] lonely cock atop iron girders wears rosepetal smile […]

   • 1995, Patricia Bosworth, Diane Arbus: a biography, page 314:

     Today Greer says her first impression of Diane was of "a rosepetal-soft, delicate little girl. […] "

   • 1998, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Mistress of Spices:

     […] and a foot in a gold sandal steps down. Soft and arched and almost white. Rosepetal toes curling in disdain away from what lines the street, wadded paper, rotting peels, dog shit, shucked-off condoms thrown from the back windows of cars.

   • 2011, Catherine George, No More Secrets:

     Small hands flailed, the downy head turned from one side to another and suddenly the rosepetal mouth opened and Emily let out a wail.

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