rose water
noun
1 rose water
Perfume consisting of water scented with oil of roses.
Roget 174:
moderation,
lenity
etc.
740;
temperateness,
gentleness
etc.
adj.;
sobriety;
quiet;
mental calmness
etc.
(inexcitability)
826†.
moderating
etc.
v.;
anaphrodisia†;
relaxation,
remission,
mitigation,
tranquilization†,
assuagement,
contemporation†,
pacification.
measure,
juste milieu [Fr.],
golden mean,
ariston metron [Gr.].
moderator;
lullaby,
sedative,
lenitive,
demulcent,
antispasmodic,
carminative,
laudanum;
rose water,
balm,
poppy,
opiate,
anodyne,
milk,
opium,
poppy or mandragora;"
wet blanket;
palliative.
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Roget 933:
flattery,
adulation,
gloze;
blandishment,
blandiloquence†;
cajolery;
fawning,
wheedling
etc.
v.;
captation†,
coquetry,
obsequiousness,
sycophancy,
flunkeyism†,
toadeating†,
tuft-hunting;
snobbishness.
incense,
honeyed words,
flummery;
bunkum,
buncombe;
blarney,
placebo,
butter;
soft soap,
soft sawder†;
rose water.
voice of the charmer,
mouth honor;
lip homage;
euphemism;
unctuousness
etc.
adj..
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