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ruvid

ruvid adjective: rough.

Adjective

ruvid (comparative more ruvid, superlative most ruvid)

  1. (archaic, formal) rough
    • One of the principal effects to be noticed in using the mineral water at Wiesbaden, is the great change that supervenes in the state of the skin. From being dry and ruvid, it becomes moist and soft.1838, Augustus Bozzi Granville, The Spas of Germany, page 443

Forms of ruvid

comparativemore ruvid
superlativemost ruvid

Origin of ruvid

From Latin ruidus (“rough”).

Questions about ruvid

What does ruvid mean?
Ruvid means rough.
What part of speech is ruvid?
Ruvid is an adjective.

Words near ruvid in the dictionary

  1. Ruudé
  2. Ruund
  3. Ruvalcaba
  4. Ruvalcaba-Myhre-Smith syndrome
  5. Ruvalcabas
  6. ruvid
  7. Ruvo di Puglia
  8. Ruvolo
  9. Ruvolos
  10. ruvoside
  11. Ruvuma

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