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   ruddy

   /ˈrʌdi/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person's face) having a healthy red colour: "a cheerful pipe-smoking man of ruddy complexion"
   • ▪ having a reddish colour: "the ruddy evening light" Similar reddishredrosyrosy-cheekedpinkpinkishroseaterubicundhealthy-lookingglowingfreshflushedblushingfloridhigh-colouredarchaic:sanguinerare:erubescentrubescentredreddishscarletvermilioncrimsonblood redrose redpinkroseateOpposite paleunhealthy
   • 2. used as a euphemism for ‘bloody’: informal British "young people today, they're a ruddy shower" Similar completetotalutterinformal:damndamnedblastedblessedflamingconfoundedblitheringflippingblinkingbloomingbloodybleedingeffingchuffinggoddamdoggoneplurryinformal, dated:ballyvulgar slang:fuckingfriggingfecking

   verb

   • 1. make ruddy in colour: "a red flash ruddied the belly of a cloud"

   Word Origin late Old Englishrudig, from the base of archaic rud ‘red colour’; related to red.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ruddiness noun

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