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rubicund

WordNet
  1. (adj) rubicund
    inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life "a ruddy complexion","Santa's rubicund cheeks","a fresh and sanguine complexion"
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Rubicund
    Inclining to redness; ruddy; red. "His rubicund face."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. rubicund
    Inclining to redness; ruddy; blood-red: said especially of the face; in botany, turning rosy-red.
  2. rubicund
    Synonyms Rosy, etc. See ruddy.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (adj) Rubicund
    rōō′bi-kund inclining to redness: ruddy
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary L. rubicundus, fr. rubere, to be red, akin to ruber, red. See Red

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Fr.,—L. rubicundus, very red—rubēre, to be red.

Usage in the news

Critic's Picks: "Black Wings" at WSHM, quilts at Harbor History Museum, tango from Duo Rubicund and piano recital by Duane Hulbert. blog.thenewstribune.com

Usage in literature

I thought of that urchin's scared, shrieking face now, as the rubicund man leant quickly back into his corner. "The Wonder" by J. D. Beresford

McRae was beaming, and Robbie's rubicund face became several degrees redder under the strain of his emotion. "Baseball Joe Around the World" by Lester Chadwick

Her florid countenance had already become more than ordinarily rubicund, and her nostrils were breathing anger. "The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson" by Anthony Trollope

By the last gleam of the twilight one could see that his face was rubicund and his form athletic. "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert

His rubicund cheeks were for the moment a snowy white. "Once on a Time" by A. A. Milne

Something like surprise puckered Cocardasse's rubicund face. "The Duke's Motto" by Justin Huntly McCarthy

Tomlinson glared at Dick, his rubicund visage purpling. "Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930" by Various

He was short and squat of figure, with a rubicund countenance, redeemed by a pair of twinkling eyes. "Reminiscences, 1819-1899" by Julia Ward Howe

Gay was a fat, rubicund man with a somewhat faded and slatternly wife. "The Intriguers" by William Le Queux

He was very large and rubicund, with a resonant voice and a gusty dominant manner. "Thirty" by Howard Vincent O'Brien