ruddle
1 of 2noun
rud·dle ˈrə-dᵊl 
: red ocher
ruddle
2 of 2verb
ruddled; ruddling ˈrəd-liŋ
ˈrə-dᵊl-iŋ
transitive verb
: to color with or as if with red ocher : redden
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English rodel, from rud, rude, rode "red color, redness" (going back to Old English rudu) + -le, noun suffix, perhaps here instrumental — more at ruddy
Verb
derivative of ruddle entry 1
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1538, in the meaning defined above
ruddles
verb
as in incarnadines
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- incarnadines
- rouges
- abashes
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- blushes
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- flushes
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- mortifies
- humiliates
- chagrins
- discomfits
- fazes
- embarrasses
- beat them to a pulp
- beat to the punch
- beat up
- beat up on
- beat your neighbor
- beat'emest
- beat-up
- beat/bang the drum for
- beat/bash someone's brains out/in
- beat/turn swords into plowshares
- beata
- beatable
- beatabler
- beatablest
- beatae
- beatas
- beatbox
- beatboxed
- beatboxer
- beatboxers
- beatboxes
- beatboxing
- beatdown
- beatemest
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