单词 | ruddled |
释义 | ruddledadj. That has been marked, smeared, or stained with ruddle or another red substance; reddened; red. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [adjective] > painted or coloured > with a reddening agent vermilioned1615 vermilion1632 ruddled1691 rouged1772 raddled1794 the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > [adjective] > made red > by dye, stain, or pigment redOE purpureda1382 in grainc1386 purpledc1450 engored1602 encrimsoned1609 vermeiled1616 raddled1656 ruddled1691 vermilioned1725 incrimsoned1831 incarmined1863 carmined1893 1691 W. Wollaston Design Part of Bk. Ecclesiastes 102 Victory this time her ruddled Scales does poize, Which with a doubtful beam by turns do rise. 1740 J. Williamson Brit. Angler iv. 67 Within an Hour again the bright ones will be taken and the ruddled Worms refused. 1817 W. Gifford tr. Persius in Satires of Juvenal & Persius II. ii. i. 21 Every verse is drawn as straight and fine, As if one eye had fix'd the ruddled line. 1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges i. 40 Kielmansegge and Schulenberg with their ruddled cheeks, grinning behind the defender of the faith. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. i. 28 One of the deeply ruddled sheep that spent their lives on those precipitous slopes. 1930 Amer. Anthropologist 32 253 A sister helps carry the ruddled bones of the first kangaroo or emu killed by her brother, just as she helps carry her dead brother's bones. 1988 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 108 218/2 A ruddled string, not a level, was used to achieve straightness. 1999 G. Kissick Winter in Volcano (2000) xxx. 282 The blaze now before them was ruddled clouds burning through dead trees. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1691 |
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