ruddy

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
2. Robust and vigorous, like a person with a red complexion (as compared to a pale one).
3. (Australia, British, not-comparable, slang) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.

Adv

A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.

Noun

1. (informal) A ruddy duck.
2. (informal) A ruddy ground dove.

Verb

To make reddish in colour.

Conceptes

carmí

cirera

escarlata

grana

groc

roig

taronja

🍊

vermell

rogenc

carmesí

vermellós

encarnat

vermellenc

rubicund

rubicunda

Sinònims

rosy

red

rubicund

reddish

florid

scarlet

crimson

blood-red

cherry-red

cerise

pink

sanguine

ruby

bloody

🩸

ruby-red

carmine

cherry

sorrel

strong

tawny

vermilion

blushful

reddish brown

red-faced

very red

rubrical

high-coloured

be vivid

ruddy-faced

ablush

aithochrous

beautiful

blush

😊

blushing

confoundedly

damnably

flush

full-blooded

glaring

glow

intense

intensify

pink-cheeked

red-cheeked

redden

rouge

russet

Traduccions

rubicondo

rot

rojo

vermiglio

rojizo

rubicundo

rufus

rötlich

κοκκινωπός

sor

verdammt

rouge

rosso

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɹʌdi/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: ruddy

Heretat de anglès antic: rudiġ

Cognat amb islandès: roði

In summary

From Middle English ruddy, rody, rudi, from Old English rudiġ (“reddish; ruddy”), from rudu (“redness”), equivalent to rud (“redness”) + -y. Compare Icelandic roði (“redness”).
The British slang sense expressing irritation is presumably a euphemism for bloody.