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Incarnadine N./V Literary Bright Crimson Pink Color Related

Word incarnadine
Definition n./v. (literary) A bright crimson or pink color, especially when related to blood or flesh; to make something that color.
Sentence (quoting Shakespeare) 'The multitudinous seas incarnadine.'
Source Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, p. 117

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