high-coloured
(of the complexion) deep red or purplish; florid
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How to use high-coloured in a sentence
The underside of the mantel-shelf was flushed with the high-coloured light, and the legs of the table nearest the fire.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Thomas HardyA face red or high coloured, shows a man much inclined to choler, and one that will be soon angry and not easily pacified.
The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher | AnonymousThe urinary secretion was small in quantity and high coloured, but in neither discharge was there any thing very unnatural.
An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis | Archibald MakellarShe was high coloured and with dark eyes, but when she faltered then the colour died from her cheeks.
The Fifth Queen Crowned | Ford Madox FordHe was a fresh, high-coloured boy, whose features showed even now a slight forecast of General Bolingbroke's awful redness.
The Romance of a Plain Man | Ellen Glasgow
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