REDDEST
RED
crimson, red, violent
(adjective) characterized by violence or bloodshed; āwrites of crimson deeds and barbaric daysā- Andrea Parke; āfannād by Conquestās crimson wingā- Thomas Gray; āconvulsed with red rageā- Hudson Strode
red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet
(adjective) of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
crimson, red, reddened, red-faced, flushed
(adjective) (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; ācrimson with furyā; āturned red from exertionā; āwith puffy reddened eyesā; āred-faced and violentā; āflushed (or crimson) with embarrassmentā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
reddest
superlative form of red: most red
Anagrams
• Tedders, tedders
Source: Wiktionary
RED
Red (rd), obs.
Definition: . imp. & p. p. of Read. Spenser.
Red, v. t.
Definition: To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement
or embarrassement; -- generally with up; as, to red up a house.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Red, a. [Compar. Redder (-dr); superl. Reddest.] Etym: [OE. red,
reed, AS. re, re; akin to OS. r, OFries, r, D. rood, G. roht, rot,
OHG. r, Dan. & Sw. r, Icel. rau, rj, Goth. r, W. rhudd, Armor. ruz,
Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr. , Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf.
L. rutilus. sq. root113. Cr. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy,
Russet, Rust.]
Definition: Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of
the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which
is furthest from the violet part. "Fresh flowers, white and reede."
Chaucer.
Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose. Shak.
Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades or hues,
as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red, and the like.
Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced, red-haired, red-
headed, red-skinned, red-tailed, red-topped, red-whiskered, red-
coasted. Red admiral (Zoƶl.), a beautiful butterfly (Vanessa
Atalanta) common in both Europe and America. The front wings are
crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva feeds on nettles.
Called also Atlanta butterfly, and nettle butterfly.
– Red ant. (Zoƶl.) (a) A very small ant (Myrmica molesta) which
often infests houses. (b) A larger reddish ant (Formica sanquinea),
native of Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making species.
– Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral (b), under
Kermes.
– Red ash (Bot.), an American tree (Fraxinus pubescens), smaller
than the white ash, and less valuable for timber. Cray.
– Red bass. (Zoƶl.) See Redfish (d).
– Red bay (Bot.), a tree (Persea Caroliniensis) having the
heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United States.
– Red beard (Zoƶl.), a bright red sponge (Microciona prolifera),
common on oyster shells and stones. [Local, U.S.] -- Red birch
(Bot.), a species of birch (Betula nigra) having reddish brown bark,
and compact, light-colored wood. Gray.
– Red blindness. (Med.) See Daltonism.
– Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in the
service of the state. [Eng.] -- Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient
record in which are registered the names of all that held lands per
baroniam in the time of Henry II. Brande & C.
– Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and three of
zinc.
– Red bug. (Zoƶl.) (a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks
man, and produces great irritation by its bites. (b) A red
hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris, especially the European
species (P. apterus), which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters
on tree trunks. (c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton.
– Red cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree (Juniperus
Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored heartwood. (b) A tree of
India and Australia (Cedrela Toona) having fragrant reddish wood; --
called also toon tree in India.
– Red chalk. See under Chalk.
– Red copper (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite.
– Red coral (Zoƶl.), the precious coral (Corallium rubrum). See
Illusts. of Coral and Gorgonlacea.
– Red cross. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of the
English. (b) The Geneva cross. See Geneva convention, and Geneva
cross, under Geneva.
– Red currant. (Bot.) See Currant.
– Red deer. (Zoƶl.) (a) The common stag (Cervus elaphus), native of
the forests of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very
similar to the American elk, or wapiti. (b) The Virginia deer. See
Deer.
– Red duck (Zoƶl.), a European reddish brown duck (Fuligula
nyroca); -- called also ferruginous duck.
– Red ebony. (Bot.) See Grenadillo.
– Red empress (Zoƶl.), a butterfly. See Tortoise shell.
– Red fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Pseudotsuga Douglasii) found
from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued for its durable
timber. The name is sometimes given to other coniferous trees, as the
Norway spruce and the American Abies magnifica and A. nobilis.
– Red fire. (Pyrotech.) See Blue fire, under Fire.
– Red flag. See under Flag.
– Red fox (Zoƶl.), the common American fox (Vulpes fulvus), which
is usually reddish in color.
– Red grouse (Zoƶl.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See under
Ptarmigan.
– Red gum, or Red gum-tree (Bot.), a name given to eight Australian
species of Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus amygdalina, resinifera, etc.) which
yield a reddish gum resin. See Eucalyptus.
– Red hand (Her.), a left hand appaumĆ©, fingers erect, borne on an
escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland; -- called also Badge of Ulster.
– Red herring, the common herring dried and smoked.
– Red horse. (Zoƶl.) (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker,
especially Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species. (b) See the
Note under Drumfish.
– Red lead. (Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.
– Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite.
– Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of dyestuffs on
vegetable fiber; -- so called because used originally for red
dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.
– Red maggot (Zoƶl.), the larva of the wheat midge.
– Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.
– Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
color.
– Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See Maple.
– Red mite. (Zoƶl.) See Red spider, below.
– Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple color
(Morus rubra).
– Red mullet (Zoƶl.), the surmullet. See Mullet.
– Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a reddish
color.
– Red perch (Zoƶl.), the rosefish.
– Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.
– Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine (Pinus resinosa); --
so named from its reddish bark.
– Red precipitate. See under Precipitate.
– Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who
maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, -- because a red
liberty cap was the badge of the party; an extreme radical in social
reform. [Cant] -- Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in
England.
– Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.
– Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone.
– Red scale (Zoƶl.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus aurantii) very
injurious to the orange tree in California and Australia.
– Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or reddish
black color. It includes proustite, or light red silver, and
pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.
– Red snapper (Zoƶl.), a large fish (Lutlanus aya or Blackfordii)
abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the Florida reefs.
– Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
(Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of scarlet on the
snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
– Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which the
affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to infarction or
inflammation.
– Red spider (Zoƶl.), a very small web-spinning mite (Tetranychus
telarius) which infests, and often destroys, plants of various kinds,
especially those cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds
mostly on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red. Called also
red mite.
– Red squirrel (Zoƶl.), the chickaree.
– Red tape, the tape used in public offices for tying up documents,
etc.; hence, official formality and delay.
– Red underwing (Zoƶl.), any species of noctuid moths belonging to
Catacola and allied genera. The numerous species are mostly large and
handsomely colored. The under wings are commonly banded with bright
red or orange.
– Red water, a disease in cattle, so called from an appearance like
blood in the urine.
Red (rd), n.
1. The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from
violet, or a tint resembling these. "Celestial rosy red, love's
proper hue." Milton.
2. A red pigment.
3. (European Politics)
Definition: An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a. [Cant]
4. pl. (Med.)
Definition: The menses. Dunglison. English red, a pigment prepared by the
Dutch, similar to Indian red.
– Hypericum red, a red resinous dyestuff extracted from Hypericum.
– Indian red. See under Indian, and Almagra.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition