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Definition of Rubicundity
1. n. The quality or state of being rubicund; ruddiness.
Definition of Rubicundity
1. Noun. The state or condition of being rubicund; ruddiness, redness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rubicundity
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubicundity
Literary usage of Rubicundity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"... seen walking with Peachell on account of the rubicundity of the latter's nose.
This proved no bar to his preferment ; , in 1663 he was presented by Sir ..."
2. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1906)
"... Bill," with a proboscis of exceeding rubicundity, and eyes red as a weasel's,
to say nothing of a voice melodious in note as an asthmatic clarionet. ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"Potatoes were not then over-cultivated ; and excess of health alone was indicated
by the rubicundity of the excellent, now extinct, red-nosed kidneys. ..."
4. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1906)
"... Bill," with a proboscis of exceeding rubicundity, and eyes red as a weasel's,
to say nothing of a voice melodious in note as an asthmatic clarionet. ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1826)
"There was an inclination to rubicundity in his nose, an inexhaustible subject of
ridicule for the ..."
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