adj.
(ruddier, ruddiest)
- (especially of a person's face) having a healthy red colour.
- Brit. informal used as a euphemism for ‘bloody’.
v.
(ruddies, ruddying, ruddied)
make red in colour.
Derivative
- ruddily adv. (rare).
- ruddiness n.
Etymology
OE rudig, from the base of archaic rud ‘red colour’; rel. to red.
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