rubicundity
- a word derived from rubicund.
Example Sentences
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A neck like that of a rhinoceros sat piled between his "Atlantean shoulders," and bore upon its tower-like and sturdy stem, a countenance prepossessing from its good-humour, and amazing for its plumpness and rubicundity.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 359, March 7, 1829 by Various
For thirty years his mottled nose and the rubicundity of his cheeks were the ineffaceable ensigns of his intemperance.
From A Book of Scoundrels by Whibley, Charles
He wore no gloves; but the bloated rubicundity of his hands was relieved by a profusion of rings, which—even without the cigar in his mouth—were quite sufficient to establish his claims to gentility.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various
And presently Master Martin--to whom they had caused their coming to be announced--came out to them, in festal attire, and with no small amount of rubicundity of nose and cheeks.
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm
His rubicundity had increased and his blandness was dissolved.
From The Lion's Share by Bennett, Arnold
