<![CDATA[Incarnadine]]>Flesh-colored; of a carnation or pale red color. [Obs.]Lovelace.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/32189/incarnadineRSS for NodeSun, 12 Jul 2026 15:56:01 GMTWed, 22 Mar 2017 03:34:58 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Incarnadine on Tue, 28 Mar 2017 06:51:58 GMT]]>A rather cool word which means to dye something blood-red or for it to turn red (in the case of Macbeth)...

However, before Macbeth it originally meant a pale pink colour (actually, it meant flesh coloured, but 'tis close enough) and 'twas used as an adjective. In Macbeth it is used as a verb, in fact, it's the first time for it to be used in this way.

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