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Definition of Reddish
1. Adjective. Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
Similar to: Chromatic
Derivative terms: Carmine, Cerise, Cherry, Crimson, Red, Redness, Ruddiness, Scarlet
Definition of Reddish
1. a. Somewhat red; moderately red.
Definition of Reddish
1. Adjective. Somewhat red. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reddish
1. somewhat red [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reddish
Literary usage of Reddish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1898)
"End of eighteen minutes : Malt-diastase, reddish brown ; taka-diastase, light
reddish violet. ... End of twelve minutes: Malt-diastase, deep reddish violet ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... otherwise glabrous: peduncle glabrous: perianth spreading, star-shaped, purplish
or reddish with an oblong-lanceolate black blotch without yellow border ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"Above, and the two middle tail feathers, blackish- blue ; quills black, lower
part spotted with red; beneath reddish; bill bluish; cera and feet yellow. ..."
4. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1885)
"Front black, the lower half white polli- nose, reddish or white pilose ; face
densely silvery-white pollinose, the upper part bare, oral margin white and ..."
5. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1899)
"9 scale 2 mm. in diameter, flat to slightly convex, dark reddish- brown, resembling
walnut, on margin to a lighter shade at centre ..."
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