ruddy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life

   A ruddy complexion.

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.

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