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ruddy
[ ruhd-ee ]
adjective
- of or having a fresh, healthy red color:
a ruddy complexion.
- red or reddish.
- British Slang. damned:
a ruddy fool.
adverb
- British Slang. damned:
He'd ruddy well better be there.
ruddy
/ ˈrʌdɪ /
adjective
- (of the complexion) having a healthy reddish colour, usually resulting from an outdoor life
- coloured red or pink
a ruddy sky
adverb
- (intensifier) bloody; damned
a ruddy fool
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Derived Forms
- ˈruddiness, noun
- ˈruddily, adverb
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Other Words From
- ruddi·ly adverb
- ruddi·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ruddy1
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Example Sentences
His complexion was ruddy, his fair skin burnt from time in the sun.
“Some years ago I introduced Dick to former President Bill Clinton,” Ruddy wrote.
One of the boys, a stocky ruddy-faced blond teen, vanished after he and Middleton got drunk on rubbing alcohol.
Yet now, Obama has need for more—much more—than a jolly, ruddy dude who serves as a racial palliative.
By July 23, Karadzic looked like himself, albeit a bit thinner, his skin shallow compared to its wartime ruddy glow.
Tom himself was burly, ruddy, broad, and rather above middle size.
He was a big-bodied, big-hearted, ruddy-faced, farmerlike man of fifty or so; and the service was proud of him.
He was a big man, and looked bigger than he was; good-looking too; ruddy, portly, well-dressed and formal.
He stepped hastily back, his cheeks, before so fresh and ruddy, were now blanched with a deadly pallor.
A cheerful fire was roaring up the great chimney, and she was literally basking in the warmth the ruddy blaze diffused around.
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