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Definition of Ruddier
1. ruddy [adj] - See also: ruddy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruddier
Literary usage of Ruddier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Poems by Harry Gilbert Paul (1908)
"O, ruddier THAN THE CHERRY [ From Acis and Galatea] O, ruddier than the cherry !
O, sweeter than the berry ! O, Nymph more bright Than moonshine night! ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1887)
"... and has a much ruddier tint than that of an adult. And I do lyk ane reid hulk
sellout Your ... ruddier ..."
3. Great Victorians: Memories and Personalities by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1916)
"... and Cambridge undergraduate—" Oh ! ruddier than the cherry " in Canterbury
Quad—Greek lexicon-making on the eve of the Prince's residence—HG Liddell, ..."
4. Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose by Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews (1910)
"The sprite of a star, I lure thee above where the destinies bar My plumes their
full play Till a ruddier ray Than my pale one announce there is withering ..."
5. The Temperance Bible-commentary: Giving at One View, Version, Criticism, and by Frederic Richard Lees, Dawson Burns (1870)
"The T. of Jonathan reads, ' her Nazarites were whiter than snow, smoother than
milk, ruddier in their appearance than flame-colored stones (or metals), ..."
6. English Poems by Harry Gilbert Paul (1908)
"O, ruddier THAN THE CHERRY [ From Acis and Galatea] O, ruddier than the cherry !
O, sweeter than the berry ! O, Nymph more bright Than moonshine night! ..."
7. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1887)
"... and has a much ruddier tint than that of an adult. And I do lyk ane reid hulk
sellout Your ... ruddier ..."
8. Great Victorians: Memories and Personalities by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1916)
"... and Cambridge undergraduate—" Oh ! ruddier than the cherry " in Canterbury
Quad—Greek lexicon-making on the eve of the Prince's residence—HG Liddell, ..."
9. Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose by Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews (1910)
"The sprite of a star, I lure thee above where the destinies bar My plumes their
full play Till a ruddier ray Than my pale one announce there is withering ..."
10. The Temperance Bible-commentary: Giving at One View, Version, Criticism, and by Frederic Richard Lees, Dawson Burns (1870)
"The T. of Jonathan reads, ' her Nazarites were whiter than snow, smoother than
milk, ruddier in their appearance than flame-colored stones (or metals), ..."
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