单词 | rubicundity |
释义 | rubicundityn. The state or condition of being rubicund; (esp. of the face, complexion, etc.) redness, ruddiness. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [noun] > with good living rubicundity1599 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 48/1 It expelleth all rubicundity, and dolour of the Eyes. 1695 P. Hume Ann. Paradise Lost i. 19 The Earth, Sand and Cliffs of divers Islands in this Sea, being of a Reddish Colour, give by Reflection a foil to its Waters, that seem to have a Tincture of Rubicundity, though not real. 1765 H. Walpole Let. 19 Feb. in Corr. (1941) X. 147 I do not wish you to parade your rubicundity and grey hairs through the mobs and assemblies of London. 1786 Mrs. Johnson Francis I. 61 Her rotundity of figure and rubicundity of countenance. 1831 T. Macaulay Let. 7 June in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) I. iv. 218 His rector-like amplitude and rubicundity. 1844 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 55 500 The stair carpet also added its contribution to the rubicundity of the scene. 1882 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool (1883) i. v An extra-ordinary change had come over his countenance. Its rubicundity was gone. 1920 D. Patrick Islands of Desire i. ix. 159 The man gave the impression that his usual fleshly habit was of a pleasant rubicundity though at the moment his face presented a green-pea hue. 1988 C. McWilliam Case of Knives (1989) v. 38 He had none of the fat rubicundity to be found in fair Englishmen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1599 |
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