REDDISH

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

reddish (comparative more reddish, superlative most reddish)

Somewhat red.

Proper noun

Reddish (countable and uncountable, plural Reddishes)

An area in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Reddish is the 15328th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1913 individuals. Reddish is most common among White (72.19%) and Black/African American (23.99%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary


Red"dish (rd"dsh), a.

Definition: Somewhat red; moderately red.

– Red"dish*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

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