ruddier

Adjective

ruddy (comparative ruddier, superlative ruddiest)

1. Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
   • Drystone walls, farm buildings and stone cottages, roofed with ruddy tiles, line the way and blend gently into the surrounding countryside.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, →ISBN, page 143

   Synonyms:

   rosy

2. Robust and vigorous, like a person with a red complexion (as compared to a pale one).
   • in ruddy health
3. (Australia, UK, not comparable, slang) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.
   • "Sister?" I inquired. "She ain't 'ere," a man's voice said. "What's more," it went on, "she ain't been 'ere for ruddy hours, neither. Can't you pull them ruddy curtains, mate, and let's 'ave some flippin' light?"1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 19

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