Definition of "incarnadine" in English

adjective

1. (originally) Of the pale pink or pale red colour of flesh; carnation.

2. Of the blood-red colour of raw flesh; crimson.

3. (figurative) Bloodstained, bloody.

4. (generally) Of a red colour.

noun

1. (originally) The pale pink or pale red colour of flesh; carnation.

2. The blood-red colour of raw flesh; crimson.

3. (generally) A red colour.

verb

1. (transitive, originally) To make flesh-coloured.

2. (transitive, also figurative) To make red, especially blood-coloured or crimson; to redden.