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Synonyms for rubicund
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : roo-bi-kuhnd |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈru bɪˌkʌnd |
Définition of rubicund
Origin :- "inclining to redness," c.1500, from Middle French rubicond (14c.), or directly from Latin rubicundus, from rubere "to be red," from ruber "red" (see red (adj.1)). Related: Rubicundity.
- adj flushed
- "Water on the brain; I don't care what any one says," asserted the rubicund man.
- Extract from : « The Wonder » by J. D. Beresford
- The child turned its head and looked the rubicund man full in the eyes.
- Extract from : « The Wonder » by J. D. Beresford
- "Mad, of course, that's to say imbecile," repeated the rubicund man.
- Extract from : « The Wonder » by J. D. Beresford
- He had a rubicund countenance, huge mustachios, and small, ferrety eyes.
- Extract from : « The Three Admirals » by W.H.G. Kingston
- The portly, rubicund landlord of the Lucky Digger entered the room.
- Extract from : « The Tale of Timber Town » by Alfred Grace
- Since his marriage there was a great change in the rubicund squireen.
- Extract from : « The House with the Green Shutters » by George Douglas Brown
- What a robust, rubicund, hearty fellow is our old English farmer.
- Extract from : « An Old English Home » by S. Baring-Gould
- Hank was a stout, rubicund person and quite advanced in years.
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe on the Giants » by Lester Chadwick
- Every corner of the busy interior is as rubicund as a Dutch dairy.
- Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XI.--April, 1851--Vol. II. » by Various
- There sat the rubicund, bald, boy-like Colonel reading the Graphic.
- Extract from : « Aaron's Rod » by D. H. Lawrence
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