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ruddy

Best crossword clue

"Reddish in color"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹʌdi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ddruyStarts with REnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Having a healthy red color, especially in the face.

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English rody, from Old English rudiġ (“reddish; ruddy”), from rudu + -iġ. By surface analysis, rud (“redness”) + -y. Compare Icelandic roði (“redness”).

Used in a sentence

  • Drystone walls, farm buildings and stone cottages, roofed with ruddy tiles, line the way and blend gently into the surrounding countryside.
  • A silvery cloud drifted over the mountains that surrounded him, its edges glowing with ruddy light cast from the harvest moon cradled between two peaks.
  • Frank, who is narrow and ruddy, and who tended to wear a shirt and tie with a cherry-red beanie pulled low over one ear, swapped his white butcher’s coat for a puffer jacket, and led me outside

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