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incarnadine
[in-kahr-nuh-dahyn, -din, -deen] IPA adjective, noun, verb, incarnadined,incarnadining.
Meaning

Word Origin & History

adjective
1.
blood-red; crimson.
2.
flesh-colored; pale pink.

incarnadine
1591 (adj.) "flesh-colored," from Fr. incarnadine, from It.incarnadino "fleshcolor," from L.L. incarnatio (see incarnation).The verb properly would mean
"to make flesh colored," but themodern meaning "make red," and the entire
survival of the verb, is traceable to "Macbeth" II ii. (1605).

noun
3.
an incarnadine color.
verb (used with object)
4.
to make incarnadine.

[Knocking within]
Macbeth:
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appalls me?
What hands are here? Hah! They pluck out mine eyes.
Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine,
Making the green one red.
Macbeth Act 2, scene 2, 5460
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