Associations to the word «Rosewater»

Wiktionary

ROSEWATER, noun. A liquid produced by steeping rose petals in water, used as a coloring agent and flavoring ingredient in certain foods.
ROSEWATER SAILOR, noun. (obsolete) (nautical) (slang) An officer who is incompetent, or not well-suited for the seas.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats