ruddy

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

rot

rötlich

verdammt

errötet

rotwangig

verflixt

rosig

Synonyme

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

Übersetzungen

rubicondo

rojo

vermiglio

rojizo

rubicundo

sor

rosso

rubicond

rouge

rufus

κοκκινωπός

avermelhado

rougeâtre

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈɹʌdi/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: ruddy

Geerbt von Altenglisch: rudiġ

Verwandt mit Isländisch: 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.