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ruddyadj.n.adv. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rud n.1, -y suffix1. Etymology: < rud n.1 + -y suffix1. With use as noun compare earlier rud n.1 and also ruddiness n.In sense A. 3b after French roux, lit. ‘red, ruddy’ (see roux n.) in e.g. lune rousse a lunar month in spring, approximately April or early May (1642 or earlier; compare also quot. 1719 at sense A. 3b) and †roux-vent a dry north-easterly wind in spring (1692 in the passage translated in quot. 1693; now vent roux ), so called because young shoots on trees affected by these dry April winds often take on a reddish colour. Earlier currency in sense A. 2 is probably implied by the surname Adam Rudipat (1199). A. adj. 1. OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens (1974) 333 Purpureus [genarum] rubor : rubicundus rudi scamu uel bismer. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 245 We moten þurch rodi scheome þet is isoð schrift & þurch bitter penitence passi to heouene. 1566 T. Nuce in J. Studley tr. Seneca sig. C.iiiv Thou canst not shun Ioues ruddy wrath. 1598 F. Rous sig. H2 Their face no ruddie shame could print. 1646 R. Crashaw 46 On the fresh cheekes of the virgin Morne, Where nought but smiles, and ruddy joyes are worne. 1655 R. Loveday tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède iv. 305 Artaban took some ruddy shame into his looks. 1735 S. Bowden II. 97 The forked Lightnings..From thy dread Arm with pointed Fury fly, And ting'd with ruddy Vengeance sweep the Sky. 1867 H. A. Beers in June 261 They [sc. water lilies], kissed to ruddy shame, So blushed..that they glowed Like roses. 1890 F. R. Stockton xvii. 158 Lord Crabstairs appeared, glowing with ruddy joy. 1904 O. T. Dargan Carlotta v. i, in 156 Europe shrugs and smiles, When she should blush to ruddy rage of war. 1927 G. B. Fife iii. 33 He was a fine fellow, but modest to the point of ruddy embarrassment over anything that thrust him into the foreground. 1991 J. K. Singlaub & M. McConnell ii. ii. 49 Jacques grew silent and pale, then a ruddy anger spread across his face. the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] > of face the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] > with blushing c1225 (?c1200) (Bodl.) (1940) l. 515 (MED) Þi rudie neb schal leanin ant ase gres grenin. c1225 (?c1200) (Bodl.) l. 196 (MED) He biseh..hire lufsume leor, lilies ilicnesse & rudi ase rose. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 44v Þe chekes..ȝif þey ben ful rody..he tokeneþ hoot & moist complexioun. c1400 (?a1300) (Laud) (1952) 7828 (MED) Þise maidens, wiþ rody faas, Passen sone als floure in gras. 1490 W. Caxton tr. xxix. 112 [Dido had] a lytell mouthe with roddy lyppes. c1500 (?a1475) (1896) 806 Roody as a roose ay he kept hys chere. 1535 Gen. xlix. B His eyes are roudier then wyne, and his teth whyter then mylck. 1614 J. Sylvester iv. 372 Her ruddy round Cheeks seem'd to be composed Of Roses Lillied, or of Lillies Rosed. 1656 J. Deacon 44 He is a man of a ruddy complexion, brown hair, and flank, hanging a little below his jaw-bones. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in 52 Ruddy his Lips, and fresh and fair his Hue. 1712 E. Budgell No. 425. ¶3 His Complexion was sanguine and ruddy. 1774 O. Goldsmith II. 241 I found..the visage white and ruddy, and the lips of the proper redness. 1838 A. B. Granville 378 The cheeks, formerly tallowish and saffrony, became ruddy. 1876 W. Besant & J. Rice I. Prol. i. 3 He was..a youth of a ruddy and a cheerful countenance. 1930 E. Sitwell 90 Their apple-bright and ruddy flesh. 2003 2 June 38/2 My ruddy skin tone..consistent with a visit to California, was the result of an ordinary over-the-counter self-tanner. the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] a1300 in C. Brown (1932) 116 (MED) Nis non maide of þine heowe swo fair, so sschene, so rudi, swo bricht. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) iv. 385 (MED) Sche was rody on the cheke And red on bothe hire lippes eke. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry (1971) xxiv. 44 I was wonte to be whyte, Rody, fatte, and the world preysed my beaute. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 264/2 in I He was of person comely,..of face ruddy. 1613 S. Purchas v. xvii. 539 The Inhabitants comely and tall, rather ruddie then blacke. 1711 J. Addison No. 123. ¶1 We were met by a fresh-coloured ruddy young Man. 1764 O. Goldsmith 2 Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests. 1817 Ld. Byron 10 May (1976) V. 223 I am very well, quite recovered..got large—ruddy—& robustous to a degree which would please you. 1871 C. H. Hackley tr. T. Billroth l. 662 A man about fifty years old comes to you, ruddy and strong for his age. 1888 C. M. Doughty I. iv. 148 A few families are seen of better blood, whitish and ruddy. 1919 1 Oct. 198/3 You do not need to be a pale and spineless person. You were meant to be a ruddy one with backbone and vim. 1962 S. Plath 18 Apr. (2000) 638 He looked very ruddy & tyrolean in a green felt hat, walking tweeds and cane. 2009 23 Feb. 66/2 The shoe of the year was suddenly a dumpy rubber clomper previously preferred by ruddy Englishmen out for a hunt. a1400 (Pepys) (1976) 141 Þere nys no ȝimme ston so likeworþi to mannes eiȝen as þe nebbe þat is rody & rede for his synnes tofor goddes eiȝen. c1450 J. Capgrave (Arun. 396) (1893) iv. 490 Tho wex she ruddy and fayre as the rose, Right in remembrauns of þat swete spousayle. a1500 (?c1450) xii. 181 (MED) Than he tolde hir how he hadde leyn by her that nyght, and than hadde the lady grete shame and wax all rody [Fr. sen rougi]. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye II. 251 If the ioy be so great that it mooueth a man to hearty laughter..the eyes glister and shine, the cheekes become ruddy, and the lippes gather in themselues. 1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens ii. x. 25 He, who hath perpetual Youth, and Mirth In his plump Cheeks, ruddy with blood and wine. 1754 R. Brookes (ed. 2) II. 162 Heat returns to the extreme Parts; the Face which was pinched in and pale, begins to expand and look ruddy. 1775 J. Harris xvi. 384 A man from hot becomes cold, from ruddy becomes pale. 1821 Feb. 172 From white brow to bosom, All ruddy she wax'd, as the dewy rose blossom. 1859 Oct. 655/2 A sudden color came to his cheek, which was already somewhat ruddy from wine. 1910 10 July 24/2 The young man was ruddy with his rapid walk. 1933 A. M. Lindbergh Let. 11 Aug. in (1974) 79 It all means so much:..a party in a low-raftered room, ruddy faces, and Danish beer. 1981 (Nexis) 9 Nov. d1 The players were coming out of the locker room, hair wet and faces ruddy from their showers. 2007 R. A. Granger xii. 104 Greg had been ruddy with embarrassment, for this was by far the most personal conversation he and Professor Whink had ever had. the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] > with health 1727 W. Somervile 49 Pale Sickness shall thy Triumphs own, And ruddy Health exalt her Throne. 1749 J. Cleland I. 206 His..hale, ruddy, wholesome country look, made him out as pretty a piece of woman's meat as you should see. 1757 S. Boyce 177 Ruddy health bloom'd the face. 1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in 5 Love, and pleasure, and the ruddy strife Of hearts and lips! 1833 H. Martineau v. 98 The ruddy health attendant on a country life. 1860 J. L. Motley I. ii. 45 A figure..instinct with ruddy vigorous life. 1916 A. M. Galbraith (rev. ed.) ix. 314 English women have a much more vigorous physique and healthy and ruddy appearance than their American sisters. 1968 V. Nabokov xii. 250 Naked, full of ruddy life, various parts of his anatomy leaping, he was giving himself a robust rub-down. 1982 P. Carter xv. 144 Kaspar the steadfast and the reassuring,..his ruddy, unimaginative presence an antidote to panic. 2005 D. Gabaldon (2006) ii. 74 Mr. Wemyss—fair-haired and slight as his daughter—looked the picture of ruddy health. the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 199v Emachites is a reed stoon and rody and rusty [L. lapis est rufus ferrugineus] and is y-founde in affrica. c1410 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Harl. 7334) (1885) l. 33 Right as sche [sc. Nature] can peynte a lili white And rody [c1415 Corpus Oxf. ruddy, c1425 Petworth roody, c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 rudy; c1405 Hengwrt reed] a rose. ?1528 J. Skelton xiii Your ruddys wyth ruddy rubys may compare. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach i. f. 32v The leaues thereof ruddy, the seede white. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 288 You are..As deere to me, as are the ruddy droppes That visit my sad heart. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iii, in tr. Virgil 14 Ten ruddy Wildings in the Wood I found. 1707 J. Mortimer 178 See..that their [sheep's] Gums be red..the Eye-strings ruddy. 1771 O. Goldsmith 4 The fat was so white and the lean was so ruddy. 1841 XXI. 85/2 All the feathers surrounded by a ruddy border. 1871 F. T. Palgrave 75 Now in the ruddy autumn Together already we stand. 1883 Aug. 341/2 In color he was a hard bay with a ruddy tinge. 1927 W. Cather i. iii. 33 The ceiling was made of heavy cedar beams, overlaid by aspen saplings,..and clad in their ruddy inner skins. 1953 A. L. Rowse 21 Nov. (2003) 164 The sun had come out quite warmly, lighting up the ruddy hips and haws along the pleasant banks of a Bedfordshire river. 2002 19 Dec. 43/1 Almost certainly, the ruddy sandstone dressings would have been offset against a coat of harling. 3. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 386 The vapour..Made the sonne to seme rody and brood. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) i. 3081 Atwen þe tweyliȝt and þe rody morwe Þe toke her leue. c1500 (?a1437) (1939) i The rody sterres twynklyng as the fyre. 1554 F. van Brunswike tr. De Montulmo Sig. Bj Faire and whitish ruddie cloudes sparkeling aboute the skie. 1613 G. Chapman sig. a2v Ouer this..the ruddy Sunne was seen ready to set. 1667 J. Milton ii. 889 So wide they stood, and like a Furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoak and ruddy flame. View more context for this quotation 1691 I. Newton Let. 10 Aug. in (1961) III. 164 I should be glad to know if..ye light of ye Satellite immediately before it disappeares incline either to red or blew, or become more ruddy or more pale then before. 1768 T. Gray Fatal Sisters in 81 Ere the ruddy sun be set. 1841 C. Dickens i. 231 Shading his eyes that his sight might not be affected by the ruddy glow of the fire. 1883 June 132/1 I surveyed him from behind the hand-screen that failed to keep the ruddy flames from my face. 1956 2 Apr. 45/2 (caption) In ruddy glow of the low sun at 3 a.m. a tractor..lurches slowly over the frozen sea toward Ross Island base. 2003 N. Calder 309 Large egg-shaped galaxies, called ellipticals,..are more or less sterile and ruddy. the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > [adjective] > making red 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie ii. vi. iii. 157 If the Ruddy or Dry Winds [Fr. les Rous-vents] Reign, as they generally do this Month [sc. April], we must..water every thing in our Kitchen-Garden. 1719 G. London & H. Wise (ed. 7) 270 'Tis the Moon of this Month [sc. April] that is vulgarly call'd, the Ruddy-Moon [Fr. la Lune rousse], it being very subject to be windy, cold and dry. 1893 D. C. Scott 59 The drove is gone, the ruddy wind grows colder. 1914 A. B. Keith tr. i. iii. 48 O Agni..Thou farest with ruddy winds, blessing the household. 1996 21 Nov. (Express section) 1 b A ruddy wind from the west will pounce on the Lake Superior sailor and blow him to hell and gone. the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > very great or extreme > specifically of something bad or reprobated 1896 L. Becke 242 He slouched aft again presently, and asked the mate, in an amiable tone of voice, if he had ‘any (ruddy) noospapers from Sydney’. 1913 E. Brentwood iii. xxvii. 284 All the same, I don't see why we shouldn't loot the ruddy place. 1942 M. Dickens vii. 111 A phrase that often sprang, unvoiced, to my lips, was ‘This ain't the ruddy Ritz’. 1995 (Nexis) 18 Jan. You say okay I've got it [sc. cancer]. I might live or I might die but ruddy hell I'm going to do the best I can. 2006 N. Coleridge 368 Anthony's mobile went off in his pocket. Damn it, he thought, I should have switched the ruddy thing off. B. n.the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 15 Margery perles of alle manere colour and hewe, of rody and rede [L. rubicundi], of purpur and of blew. a1450 (?c1400) (Royal) (1886) l. 35 (MED) Here rody was rede. c1500 (?a1475) (Rawl. C. 86) (1889) 60 Owte of the forest cam maydyns two..With facys white as lely floure, With ruddy rede as rose colour. a1529 J. Skelton (?1530) f. xviiiv To fasten your fansy vpon a fayre maystresse That quyckly is enuyued with rudyes of the rose. 1633 G. Herbert Church-rents ii, in i Calamities Turned your ruddie into pale and bleak. 1758 W. Borlase 67 Steatites..veined with green, ruddy, and purple. 1787 Aug. 315/2 As to complexion, perfumers provide it of every hue, from the ruddy of buxom nature, to the pale of delicate refinement. 1823 J. Galt I. xii. 136 The ruddy of youth had fled his cheek. the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > erismatura rubida (ruddy duck) 1877 C. Hallock ii. 150 Like all the rice producing lands of the State [sc. S. Carolina] this region abounds in the common varieties of ducks; mallards, black ducks,..buffleheads, ruddies and mergansers. 1923 W. L. Dawson IV. 1841 His flesh..has been generously voted ‘tough’ and ‘stringy’; and you must not shoot a Ruddy, please! 1947 R. T. Peterson (ed. 2) 51 The Ruddy prefers fresh water, the Scoter salt. 1993 (Nexis) 23 Dec. 4 There are an estimated 3,500 ruddys in Britain. C. adv.the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something bad 1913 E. Brentwood iii. xxvii. 284 ‘Ruddy good mind to nip down there now and chance it,’ resumed the handkerchief-covered one. 1922 J. Joyce ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 406 Lay you two to one Jenatzy licks him ruddy well hollow. 1941 J. R. R. Tolkien 9 June (1995) 55 Anyway, I have in this war a burning private grudge..against that ruddy little ignoramus Adolf Hitler. 1987 (Nexis) 9 Apr. 27 [The miners'] ‘Backbone of the Country’ campaign to make us feel warmly about people who gouge ruddy great holes in the ground. 2002 T. Lott (2003) vii. 171 I'm paying, so I can have whatever I ruddy well want. Compounds C1. the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > reddish > of colours ?c1400 tr. (Sloane) (1977) 11 (MED) Blak here sygnyfies euenes and luf of rightwisnes; Medioker culour bitwene ruf and blak es lufly rody broune. 1565 T. Cooper at Candico Beyng a ruddy white. 1590 W. Clever 18 Of ruddie black colour. 1611 R. Cotgrave Roux,..a ruddie or sad yellow. 1684 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Pharmaceutice Rationalis in (rev. ed.) i. 63 Those things that hinder or take off the curdling of Milk..if poured into the Bloud when it is hot, preserve its mixture entire, or rectifie it, as we may conclude from its ruddy bright colour. a1728 J. Woodward (1729) i. xi. 194 Another, with Veins of green, a ruddy black, and yellow sulphurous Marcasite. 1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace ii. viii. 39 Apples are more ruddy bright If gather'd by fair Luna's waning light. 1758 W. Borlase 109 A stone..of a ruddy-purple ground. 1805 W. Vincent II. iii. xv. 308 There is likewise the mountain or land-tortoise, which has the lower shell of a ruddy yellow, and too hard to be cut. 1836 Aug. 495/2 Its [sc. mutton's] ruddy-brown juice gushing forth at the touch of his steel. 1880 R. Jefferies II. v. 101 There is a ruddy orange hue, a tawny brown, and a bright green; the sunlight comes and mingles these together. 1897 ‘S. Grand’ xxi. 215 The wonderful ruddy-gold tones that shone on its trunk as the day declined. a1930 D. H. Lawrence (1932) 266 Green moonlight And ruddy-orange limbs stirring the limbo Of the unknown air. 1975 L. Yep 262 Spring turned into summer and the grass in the garden changed into a ruddy gold color. 2004 J. Turner (2005) Introd. p. xxii Dried in the sun, the mace peels away from the nutmeg, fading from scarlet to a ruddy brown. b. Forming parasynthetic adjectives. 1925 A. M. Harmon tr. Lucian IV. 53 Then you would see that they were no longer ruddy-bodied as they are now; they would all turn pale on the instant, dyed to another hue by fright. 1960 S. Plath 79 Bronze dead dominate the floor, Resistive, ruddy-bodied. 1985 A. Coppel xlii. 381 As soon as the ruddy-bodied white-faced cattle were safely in the high grass country, the shepherds could bring the sheep down to crop what the cattle left. 1588 G. Babington vi. 414 Dauid the yongest brother that little ruddie cheeked Shepheard, from his hooke and his cloake his Sling and Scrip, came to the famous kingdome of Israel. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán i. 31 I was a yong Lad, ruddy-cheek't, full-fac't, and plumpe withall. 1757 15–17 Mar. 267/3 Is it that open-foreheaded, ruddy-cheeked gentleman? 1888 H. Morten 17 An elderly woman, grey-haired, stout, and ruddy-cheeked. 1951 G. Heyer vii. 97 A ruddy-cheeked urchin in a smock and frieze breeches was striding importantly towards them. 2001 31 Aug. 14/7 Thomas Pink, the Jermyn Street shirt-maker favoured by City traders and ruddy-cheeked public school boys. 1854 J. C. Jeaffreson I. 113 A kind of rural savant, who,..would..have succeeded in mounting ‘to the top of the tree’—by which he does not mean the tree of Tyburn, but the ruddy-clustered one of ambition. 1916 D. H. Lawrence 89 The many ruddy-clustered oranges beside the path remind me of the lights of a village. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus ii. f. 270 I feare not these ruddie coloured [L. rubicundos] & fatte bealyed feloes. 1651 106 Sanguine is moyst, and hot, sweet, and ruddy coloured. 1706 J. Harvey xiii. 175 Neither is it less dangerous, when the white of the eye becomes ruddy-coloured. 1860 G. Wilson 125 This experiment is a striking and beautiful one, from the instant development of the ruddy-coloured gas. 1918 L. D. Hirsch xxxiv. 376 Mr. Clayton had become ruddy-colored, although Mrs. Clayton would have it that the apoplectic red and blue of her husband's face was due to the sun and wind. 2008 (Nexis) 31 May 18 A ruddy-coloured blend of malbec and merlot.., that has a lush, cherry-ish aroma. 1699 A. Boyer at Rougeaud A red-faced or ruddy complexion'd Man or Woman. 1778 19 Aug. 1/2 The young officers..have filled up their leisure hours in assailing the ruddy-complexioned natives. 1876 D. T. Callaghan 36 My neighbor's girls, Ruddy-complexioned and robustly-limbed. 1953 12 Jan. 86/2 Hard-boiled Smith was a gray-haired, ruddy-complexioned, heavy-set man who invariably smoked cigars. 2007 S. Grafton xxxiv. 356 He was in his thirties, blue-eyed and ruddy-complexioned, with features that spoke of Irish ancestry. a1634 R. Chapman (1635) ii. 134 The gracious favours which were bestowed upon him, as his exhaltation from a poore ruddy-faced Shepheard, to sit upon a Princely throne. 1780 No. 2938/3 On a sudden, a ruddy faced Man rode up, and asked him whether he was bound for London. 1880 June 86/1 She raises her head, and perceives the ruddy-faced doctor hanging on by the rat-lines. 1940 A. M. Lindbergh in (1980) 74 He is bent over, a small man, baldish but still ruddy-faced with keen eyes. 2006 (Nexis) 22 Jan. (Extra section) 13 The platform was packed with sweaty commuters and ruddy-faced tennis fans waiting for the late 7.05pm to Sandringham. 1841 F. W. Faber Jrnl. in J. E. Bowden (1869) 154 I was then once more walking by a lake-side, and there were crowds of ruddy-finned perch motionless by the margin. 1916 E. Blunden 34 Ruddy-finned roach and bronze carp swam. a1634 W. Austin (1635) 92 Gaspar was a young man without a Beard; and ruddy hayred. 1886 13 Feb. 423/1 One is fair-skinned and ruddy-haired, showing his Irish blood. 1919 A. Merritt xxx. 374 There was no more a sun king nor any of the ruddy-haired folk; slain were they, slain down to the babe at breast. 2000 D. Adebayo (2001) ix. 205 The mixed-race factor would certainly shake up the gene pool..What happened if she produced some ruddy-haired throwback for me? 1803 W. O. Pughe II Penrus,..Ruddy headed. 1848 W. M. Thackeray liii. 474 The ruddy-headed youth brought him..a fine silver dressing-case. 1997 J. Updike 189 Each white filament arched like a catapult spring, the pistils erect and ruddy-headed in the center. 1923 D. H. Lawrence (London ed.) 62 Cyclamens, ruddy-muzzled cyclamens. 1758 W. Borlase 276 The white ruddy-spotted snail with a circular mouth. 1849 M. C. Clarke xi. 332 I had collected heaps of peaches, green and purple figs,..bloom-covered plums, and ruddy-spotted green-gages. 1906 7 July 133/2 In Kent the eggs are grey-spotted and in Berks ruddy-spotted. C2. In the names of birds and other animals. 1781 T. Pennant II. 409 Ruddy Squirrel. 1824 J. F. Stephens XII. ii. 120 Ruddy Shoveler (Rhynchaspis rubida). 1847 51 The Ruddy Squirrel. Sciurus erythræus. Skull. India. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 1909 40 89 E[mberiza] rutila Pall. Ruddy bunting. 1966 J. Sankey iv. 97 (table) Moths... Reddish light arches Xylophasia sublustris (Esper)... Ruddy carpet Euphyia rubidata (Schiff.). 2006 Aug. 120/1 Dragonfly-wise, check..any damp area for Common Darter and Ruddy Darter. b. the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > erismatura rubida (ruddy duck) 1800 W. Turton tr. C. Linnaeus I. 318 [Anas] Casaca. Rufous; wings and tail black; wing-spot white. Ruddy Duck. Inhabits Russia and Siberia. 1872 E. Coues 295 Ruddy Duck..with the neck all round and the upper parts brownish-red. 1947 R. Bedichek xv. 193 The ruddy duck has fifty-nine common names. 2005 Dec. 21/1 Take a guided birdwatching tour and see thousands of ruddy ducks, canvasbacks,..and other waterfowl. the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > erismatura rubida (ruddy duck) 1785 J. Latham III. ii. 456 Ruddy Goose... This is larger than a Mallard. 1843 W. Yarrell III. 140 It [sc. the ruddy sheldrake] has also been called the Ruddy Goose. 1915 W. W. Cochrane I. 129 From a ruddy goose on the banks of the Ganges, he wends his way upward to an ascetic. 2000 59 57 Ruddy Goose or Sheldrake. In Sanskrit literature it..is used as a symbol of the eternal yearning of parted lovers. the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Calidris > calidris alba (sanderling) 1785 T. Pennant II. ii. 486 Ruddy Pl[over]. With a black strait bill. 1813 A. Wilson VII. 129 The Ruddy Plover is eight inches long, and fifteen in extent. 1914 N. M. Banta II. viii. 131 This little shore or beach bird is sometimes called the White or Surf Snipe, and the Ruddy Plover. 1969 R. J. Longstreet (ed. 4) 65 Sanderling—Other names: Beach Bird..Ruddy Plover. 1824 J. F. Stephens XII. ii. 71 Ruddy shieldrake (Tadorna rutila). 1862 C. A. Johns 490 The Ruddy Sheldrake... Only a few specimens of this bird have been obtained in Great Britain. 1924 29 July 8 The barhead goose and the ruddy sheldrak collect in flocks on the Tibetan swamps. 1989 (Nexis) 23 June n62 The sheets feature three pairs of ducks: the common sheldrake, the ruddy sheldrake and the green-winged teal. 1852 W. Macgillivray V. 19 Tadorna Casarca. The Ruddy Shielduck. 1892 Oct. 269 A pack of six Ruddy Sheld Ducks appeared near the mouth of the river Findhorn early in July. 1954 J. Delacour I. 250 The Ruddy Shelduck is a strong and successful species which..occupies a very large range. 2002 Winter 49/2 The birdlife includes..Africa's only breeding populations of Golden eagle and Ruddy shelduck. 1899 W. Palmer in D. S. Jordan III. xvii. 412 Arenaria morinella, (L.). The Ruddy Turnstone. 1938 P. A. Taverner 185 The turnstone is represented in America by the Ruddy Turnstone.., rather smaller than the European form. 1972 S. Burnford iv. 92 Only about fifty yards away, were the..nests of two pairs of ruddy turnstones. 2004 Autumn 22/2 The north-central coast of Brazil is the most important wintering area in South America for..ruddy turnstones. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). ruddyv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ruddy adj. Etymology: < ruddy adj. Compare earlier rud v.1, rudden v., and redden v. the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > make red [verb (transitive)] 1689 E. Hickeringill Concl. iii. 88 Others..whose Vertues and true Learning must necessarily (if set near him) ruddy his Cheeks and make him blush for shame. 1791 P. O'Kelly 10 Whose manly blood high swells their ev'ry vein, Ruddies each cheek, and marks the martial plain. 1806 W. Scott (ed. 4) vi. xxiii. 191 A wonderous blaze was seen to gleam;..It ruddied all the copse-wood glen. 1837 T. Carlyle III. iv. iv. 252 As the coming Sun ruddies the East. 1860 F. W. Faber v. 237 They [sc. drops of blood] stain his garments. They ruddy the olive roots. 1889 Nov. 432 A breath Of sundown ruddying the maple seeds. 1907 M. Hewlett xv. 168 She had lent the fire that ruddied the dream. 1971 S. Hill i. 77 The late evening sun glittering on their instruments and ruddying the puffed-out faces of the players. 2005 (Nexis) 26 Dec. c2 A smile ruddied his face, And I glowed at the prospect of my very own place. the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [verb (intransitive)] > blush 1845 E. Robinson I. xix. 224 Mrs. Chaloner, smiling and ruddying all over. 1889 Nov. 462/2 They think of days that dawn in another zone,..where temperate fruits are ruddying and ripening. 1938 W. de la Mare 49 See, how the sun Ruddies through his filmy grey, Turns to light the dreaming one. 1999 B. Delinsky 34 Cheeks ruddying up, he grinned as he straightened. 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