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单词 rubicundity
释义 rubicundity|ruːbɪˈkʌndɪtɪ|
[f. prec. + -ity, or ad. med.L. rubicunditas.]
The state of being rubicund; redness (of face) from good living.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 48/1 It expelleth all rubicundity, and dolour of the Eyes.1727Bailey vol. II. 1765 H. Walpole Let. to G. Montagu 19 Feb. (1846) V. 1, I do not wish you to parade your rubicundity and grey hairs through the mobs and assemblies of London.1786Francis the Philanthropist I. 61 Her rotundity of figure and rubicundity of countenance.1831Macaulay 7 June in Trevelyan Life, His rector-like amplitude and rubicundity.1882J. Hawthorne Fort. Fool. i. v, An extra-ordinary change had come over his countenance. Its rubicundity was gone.
transf.1844Blackw. Mag. LV. 500 The stair carpet also added its contribution to the rubicundity of the scene.
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