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rud.

redness or blushing

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɹʌd/
  1. redness or blushing

    obsolete · uncountable
  2. ruddle or red ochre

    obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English rudden, ruden, from Old English rudian (“to be ruddy”) (compare rudu (“redness”)), from Proto-Germanic *rudāną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti, from *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”); cognate with Old Cornish rud and Old Irish rúad). (Compare red).

verb/ɹʌd/
  1. To become red; redden.

    intransitive
  2. To make red.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English rudden, ruden, from Old English rudian (“to be ruddy”) (compare rudu (“redness”)), from Proto-Germanic *rudāną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti, from *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”); cognate with Old Cornish rud and Old Irish rúad). (Compare red).

noun/ɹʌd/
  1. Alternative form of rudd (“fish”).

    alt-of · alternative
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