ROSE-WATER


Meaning of ROSE-WATER in English

/rohz"waw'teuhr, -wot'euhr/ , adj.

1. having the aroma or fragrance of rose water.

2. affectedly delicate, nice, or fine; sentimental: a Victorian novelist with a genteel, rose-water style.

[ 1655-65 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .