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Definition of Roseless
1. having no roses [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roseless
Literary usage of Roseless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rossetti by Arthur Christopher Benson (1904)
"His rather high cheekbones were the more observable because his cheeks were
roseless and hollow enough to indicate the waste of life and midnight oil to ..."
2. Rossetti by Arthur Christopher Benson (1904)
"His rather high cheekbones were the more observable because his cheeks were
roseless and hollow enough to indicate the waste of life and midnight oil to ..."
3. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Mrs. Hannah More by William Roberts (1835)
"... to our shame be it spoken, some of them were cousins; but I have no doubt that
they held in great contempt our roseless heads and leafless necks. 1777. ..."
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