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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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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