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Webster 1913 Edition


Rubicund

Ru′bi-cund

,
Adj.
[L.
rubicundus
, fr.
rubere
to be red, akin to
ruber
red. See
Red
.]
Inclining to redness; ruddy; red.
“His rubicund face.”
Longfellow.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rubicund

RU'BICUND

,
Adj.
[L. rubicundus.] Inclining to redness.

Definition 2024


rubicund

rubicund

English

Adjective

rubicund (comparative more rubicund, superlative most rubicund)

  1. Ruddy.
  2. Possessing a red complexion.
    • 1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rip Van Winkle:
      For a long while he used to console himself … by frequenting a kind of perpetual club … which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of his Majesty George the Third.