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ruddiness

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rud·dy  (rd)
adj. rud·di·er, rud·di·est
1.
a. Having a healthy, reddish color.
b. Reddish; rosy.
2. Chiefly British Slang Used as an intensive: "You ruddy liar!" (John Galsworthy).
[Middle English rudi, from Old English rudig; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.]
ruddi·ly adv.
ruddi·ness n.
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Noun1.ruddiness - a healthy reddish complexion
rosiness
complexion, skin color, skin colour - the coloring of a person's face
Translations
ruddiness [ˈrʌdɪnɪs] N [of complexion] → rubicundez f; [of sky] → lo rojizo
ruddiness
n → Röte f; the ruddiness of his complexion → seine gesunde Gesichtsfarbe


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These protruded over the lips, whose remarkable ruddiness showed astonishing vitality in a man of his years.
Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context
It was not that he looked many years older, though still dressed with the old scrupulous cleanliness; or that there was an unwholesome ruddiness upon his face; or that his eyes were full and bloodshot; or that there was a nervous trembling in his hand, the cause of which I knew, and had for some years seen at work.
David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context
But her brother was known by the style and title of Peony, on account of the ruddiness of his broad and round little phiz, which made everybody think of sunshine and great scarlet flowers.
The Snow Image by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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