Rosaline

See also: rosaline

English

Etymology

An elaborate form of Rosalie, or a simplified form of Rosalind.

Proper noun

Rosaline

A female given name from Latin.
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, Act III, Scene I:
  And in her train there is a gentle lady;
  When tongues speak sweetly, then they name her name,
  And Rosaline they call her.

Related terms

Rosalyn, Roselyn, Roslyn

Translations

female given name

French: Roseline (fr), Roselyne (fr)

Anagrams

Oslerian, Sorelian, ailerons, alerions, alienors, arsoline, isoneral, lion's ear, rose nail

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