rubicund

ru·bi·cund

adj \ˈrü-bi-(ˌ)kənd\

Definition of RUBICUND

: ruddy

— ru·bi·cun·di·ty \ˌrü-bi-ˈkən-də-tē\ noun

Examples of RUBICUND

1. the rubicund face of his father
2. <the rubicund face of a man who clearly got a lot of fresh air and exercise>

Origin of RUBICUND

Middle English rubicunde, from Latin rubicundus, from rubēre to be red; akin to Latin rubeus

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to RUBICUND

Synonyms: blooming, florid, flush, full-blooded, glowing, red, rosy, ruddy, sanguine

Antonyms: ashen, ashy, doughy, livid, lurid, mealy, pale, paled, palish, pallid, pasty, peaked, peaky, sallow, sallowish, wan

Related Words: bronzed, brown, suntanned, tanned; bloomy, blowsy (also blowzy), blushing, flushed, pink, pinkish, warm; cherubic

Near Antonyms: waxen, waxy; blanched, white, whitened; anemic, sick, sickly; bloodless, cadaverous; whey-faced, white-faced

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Rhymes with RUBICUND

cummerbund, orotund, pudibund, sinking fund, underfund