adj
Meaning 1
Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
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Standard Lemma guide
ruddy
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Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: R AH1 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Robust and vigorous, like a person with a red complexion (as compared to a pale one).
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Examples
- in ruddy health
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adj
Meaning 3
A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.
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Usage: Australia, UK, not-comparable, slang
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adv
Meaning 4
A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.
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Usage: UK, not-comparable, slang
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name
Meaning 5
A surname.
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noun
Meaning 6
A ruddy duck.
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Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 7
A ruddy ground dove.
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Usage: informal
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verb
Meaning 8
To make reddish in colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The sunset ruddied our faces.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 9
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: red, reddish, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a ruddy complexion
- Santa's rubicund cheeks
- a fresh and sanguine complexion
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rubicund, florid, sanguine
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1rewdh-der. Old English rudu Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Old English rudiġ Middle English rody English ruddy Inherited from Middle English rody, from Old English rudiġ (“reddish; ruddy”), from rudu + -iġ. By surface analysis, rud (“redness”) + -y. Compare Icelandic roði (“redness”). The British slang sense expressing irritation is presumably a euphemism for bloody.
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: румен (rumen) — reddish
- Bulgarian: яркочервен (jarkočerven) — reddish
- Catalan: rubicund — reddish
- Czech: ruměný — reddish
- Czech: brunátný — reddish
- Czech: zrudlý — reddish
- Czech: červený — reddish
- Czech: rudý — reddish
- Czech: narudlý — reddish
- Czech: červeňoučký — reddish
- Czech: načervenalý — reddish
- Danish: rødlig — reddish
- Dutch: rossig — reddish
- Finnish: punainen — reddish
- Finnish: punakka — reddish
- French: rougeâtre — reddish
- German: rot — reddish
- German: rötlich — reddish
- Greek: κοκκινωπός (kokkinopós) — reddish
- Greek: ρόδινος (ródinos) — reddish
- Greek: ερυθρός (erythrós) — reddish
- Hebrew: אֲדַמְדַּם (adamdám) — reddish
- Hungarian: pirosas — reddish
- Hungarian: vöröses — reddish
- Icelandic: rjóður — reddish
- Icelandic: rauðleitur — reddish
- Icelandic: roða- — reddish
- Icelandic: rauður — reddish
- Italian: rubicondo — reddish
- Latin: rubicundus — reddish
- Māori: rauwhero — reddish
- Māori: kōpura — reddish
- Norman: rouogeaud — reddish
- Plautdietsch: rodlich — reddish
- Portuguese: avermelhado — reddish
- Romanian: roșcat — reddish
- Russian: краснова́тый (krasnovátyj) — reddish
- Russian: румя́ный (rumjányj) — reddish
- Spanish: rubicundo — reddish
- Swedish: rödlätt — reddish
- Swedish: rödfärgad — reddish
- Swedish: rödblommig — reddish
- Swedish: rödaktig — reddish
- Welsh: coch — reddish
- Welsh: gwritgoch — reddish
- Dutch: verrekt — a mild intensifier
- Finnish: kirottu — a mild intensifier
- Finnish: hemmetin — a mild intensifier
- German: verdammt — a mild intensifier
- German: verflixt — a mild intensifier
- Icelandic: bölvaður — a mild intensifier
- Icelandic: fjárans — a mild intensifier
- Icelandic: skrambans — a mild intensifier
- Icelandic: fjári — a mild intensifier
- Icelandic: skrambi — a mild intensifier
- Icelandic: ansi — a mild intensifier
- Russian: чёртов (čórtov) — a mild intensifier
- Russian: дура́цкий (duráckij) — a mild intensifier
- Russian: прокля́тый (prokljátyj) — a mild intensifier
- Swedish: rackarns — a mild intensifier
- Swedish: jädra — a mild intensifier
- Swedish: attans — a mild intensifier