incarnadine
To make flesh-colouredTo make flesh-coloured.
Meaning
2 senses(archaic, literary, transitive)To make flesh-coloured.
inkarnadein
make flesh-colored
(also, archaic, figuratively, literary, transitive)To make red, especially blood-coloured or crimson; to redden.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
The adjective is derived from French incarnadin, incarnadine, from Italian incarnadino, aThe adjective is derived from French incarnadin, incarnadine, from Italian incarnadino, a variant of incarnatino (“carnation; flesh colour”), from incarnato (“embodied, incarnate”) + -ino (suffix forming adjectives denoting composition, colour, or other qualities). Incarnato is derived from Ecclesiastical Latin and Late Latin incarnātus (“having been made incarnate”), the perfect passive participle of incarnō (“to become or make incarnate; to make into flesh”), from in- (suffix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + Latin carō (“flesh, meat; body”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). By surface analysis, in- + Latin carn- + -ade + -ine.
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Forms
incarnadines, incarnadining, incarnadined, incarnadined| Base form | incarnadine · to incarnadine |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | incarnadines |
| Present participle | incarnadining |
| Past simple | incarnadined |
| Past participle | incarnadined |
regular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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