Obs. Also carnatine, carnardine. [ad. It. carnadino ‘a carnation colour’ (Florio); cf. carnato ‘the hue or colour of one’s skin and flesh’ (Florio), ‘complexion’ (Baretti), f. carne flesh: carne, carnat-o, carnat-in-o, constitute a regular series. Cf. INCARNADINE.]

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  ‘Red, or carnation colour; or a stuff of that colour’ (Nares).

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1598.  Tofte, Alba (1880), 74. How ill fits you this Ribbon Carnatine.

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a. 1627.  Middleton, Any Thing for Quiet Life, II. (N.).

        Silk-Grograns, Sattins, Velvet fine,
The Rosie-colour’d Carnadine.

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[1847–78.  Halliwell, Carnadine, the carnation.]

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