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cheeked

cheeked

8 4.7
Having a particular color or shape on the sides of the face
  • adjective
  • /tʃikt/
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  • A color photo in Clarice's hands shows a pretty, plump-cheeked brunette in her high school graduation cap and gown.
  • rosy-cheeked
  • golden-cheeked
  • cheeked warbler

Examples

  • Her paintings are full of rosy-cheeked artisans taking it easy.

    Academic text (2001)

  • And I stood shoulder to shoulder with a tall apple-cheeked boy who loved and trusted me.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • A lot of rosy cheeked old men, huh?

  • We're gonna have you rosy cheeked and fighting fit in no time.

    Dragonwolf (2013)

  • All rosy-cheeked, soft and round on the outside, but on the inside...

    Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018)

  • Some turn fat, and others lean and hollow-cheeked, and still others die.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Daniel Jacks is a pink-cheeked Republican who works with a cross-community peace project.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Each morning he comes to school fresh-faced and apple-cheeked while the other students are pale and wan.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Charlotte, red-cheeked and happy, carrying shopping bags, walks into a brisk autumn breeze.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The rosy-cheeked children played happily in the sun.

Compounds

rosy-cheeked
2 2.8

Having pink cheeks that show good health

rose-cheeked
4.5

Having pink cheeks that show someone is healthy or young

Surface Forms

cheeked positive

Morphology

cheeked = cheek (transparent) = cheek + ed

The adjective is a straightforward formation from the noun 'cheek' with the productive adjectival suffix '-ed', meaning 'having (a type of) cheeks' and is clear to learners.

Etymology

Cheeked comes from the word cheek, meaning the 'side of the face', plus the ending -ed meaning 'having'. So rosy-cheeked or round-cheeked simply means 'having rosy cheeks' or 'having round cheeks'.