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rubicundity

rubicundity noun: the state or condition of being rubicund; ruddiness, redness.

Noun

rubicundity (usually uncountable, plural rubicundities)

  1. (usually) The state or condition of being rubicund; ruddiness, redness.
    • Tulloch's ingenuous face seemed to have caught the rubicundity of the distant sunset.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

Forms of rubicundity

pluralrubicundities

Origin of rubicundity

From rubicund + -ity.

Questions about rubicundity

What does rubicundity mean?
Rubicundity means the state or condition of being rubicund; ruddiness, redness.
What part of speech is rubicundity?
Rubicundity is a noun.
What is the plural of rubicundity?
The plural of rubicundity is rubicundities.

Words near rubicundity in the dictionary

  1. rubiconing
  2. rubicons
  3. rubicose
  4. rubicund
  5. rubicundities
  6. rubicundity
  7. rubidgeine
  8. rubidgeines
  9. rubidian
  10. rubidic
  11. rubidide

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