ruddy

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

rougeâtre

rouge

rubicond

rubis

cerise

vermeil

haut en couleur

rougeoyant

sanguine

coloré

écarlate

Synonymes

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

Traductions

rubicondo

rot

rojo

vermiglio

rojizo

rubicundo

sor

rosso

κοκκινωπός

rufus

rötlich

avermelhado

verdammt

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɹʌdi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: ruddy

Hérité de ancien anglais: rudiġ

Appartenant à islandais: 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.