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
rubicund, ruddy, florid, sanguine
(adjective) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; “a ruddy complexion”; “Santa’s rubicund cheeks”; “a fresh and sanguine complexion”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Ruddy
A surname.
ruddy (comparative ruddier, superlative ruddiest)
Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
(British, Australian, slang, not comparable) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.
• (reddish in color): rosy
• (intensifier): bally, bleeding, blimming, bloody, blooming
• See also damned
ruddy (not comparable)
(British, slang) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.
ruddy (plural ruddies)
(informal) A ruddy duck.
(informal) A ruddy ground dove.
ruddy (third-person singular simple present ruddies, present participle ruddying, simple past and past participle ruddied)
(transitive) To make reddish in colour.
Source: Wiktionary
Rud"dy, a. [Compar. Ruddier; superl. Ruddiest.] Etym: [AS. rudig. See Rud, n.]
1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy flame. Milton. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. Lam. iv. 7.
2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. Dryden. Ruddy duck (Zoöl.), an American duck (Erismatura rubida) having a broad bill and a wedge- shaped tail composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also dunbird, dundiver, ruddy diver, stifftail, spinetail, hardhead, sleepy duck, fool duck, spoonbill, etc.
– Ruddy plover (Zoöl.) the sanderling.
Rud"dy, v. t.
Definition: To make ruddy. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
