ruddy

 
Pronunciation: /ˈrʌdi/

adjective (ruddier, ruddiest)

  • 1(of a person’s face) having a healthy red colour: a cheerful pipe-smoking man of ruddy complexion
  • having a reddish colour: the ruddy evening light
  • 2British informal used as a euphemism for ‘bloody’: young people today, they’re a ruddy shower

verb (ruddies, ruddying, ruddied)

[with object]
  • make ruddy in colour: a red flash ruddied the belly of a cloud

Derivatives

ruddily

adverb ( rare)

ruddiness

noun

Origin:

late Old English rudig, from the base of archaic rud 'red colour'; related to red