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Definition of Ruddiness
1. Noun. A healthy reddish complexion.
Generic synonyms: Complexion, Skin Color, Skin Colour
Derivative terms: Rosy, Ruddy, Ruddy
Definition of Ruddiness
1. n. The quality or state of being ruddy; as, the ruddiness of the cheeks or the sky.
Definition of Ruddiness
1. Noun. The property of being ruddy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ruddiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruddiness
Literary usage of Ruddiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"Sometimes a crude ruddiness in flesh strikes us as a growing defect, an instance
of which is the picture in the museum of Bruges, in which Canon Van der ..."
2. Easy Star Lessons by Richard Anthony Proctor (1882)
"in ruddiness or in splendour, the planet of war when at his brightest. Libra,
which by rights should hold sway as the southern zodiacal constellation one ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1877)
"We may well believe that the ruddiness of the soil of Mars is due to the same
general cause as the ruddiness of our red sandstone, — the general prevalence ..."
4. Metaphysics: Or, the Science of Perception by John Miller (1904)
"ruddiness in our conscious thought of it is part of it; and, therefore, so far
as a cherry is ruddiness, it is a perception. But ruddiness is but a small ..."
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