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ruddy
English
Etymology
From Middle English ruddy, rody, rudi, from Old English rudi? (“reddish; ruddy”), from rudu (“redness”), equivalent to rud (“redness”) +? -y. Compare Icelandic roði (“redness”).
The British slang sense expressing irritation is presumably a euphemism for bloody.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /???di/
- Rhymes: -?di
Adjective
ruddy (comparative ruddier, superlative ruddiest)
- Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
- (Britain, Australia, slang, not comparable) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.
Synonyms
- (reddish in color): rosy
- (intensifier): bally, bleeding, blimming, bloody, blooming
- See also Thesaurus:damned
Derived terms
- rudden (to become ruddy)
Translations
Adverb
ruddy (not comparable)
- (Britain, slang) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.
Noun
ruddy (plural ruddies)
- (informal) A ruddy duck.
- (informal) A ruddy ground dove.
- 1987, Jürgen Nicolai, A Complete Introduction to Finches, Tfh Publications Incorporated (?ISBN), page 89:
- Ground doves — two ruddies are shown here — are so called because they feed on the ground.
- 1994, Birding, page 298:
- Understandably, birders in the U.S. are advised to carefully distinguish Ruddies from the usually more-expected Common Ground-Doves [...]. (Brightly-colored, pinkish adult male Common Ground-Doves have been misidentified as male Ruddies on several occasions, however.) Unless the fortunate birder happens upon a Ruddy Ground-Dove amongst a flock of sparrows, it will often be necessary to sort through innumerable Inca Doves.
- 2005, Richard Cachor Taylor, A Birder's Guide to Southeastern Arizona, page 237:
- Common Ground-Dove — Fairly common permanent resident of better-watered valleys at lower elevations. Avoids town [...] Ironically, Ruddies often ignore the little flocks of closely related Commons, and choose to associate with Inca Doves.
- 2008, Jim Burns, Jim Burns' Arizona Birds: From the Backyard to the Backwoods, University of Arizona Press (?ISBN), page 28:
- Out-of-state birders seeking Ruddy Ground Doves should be aware of two things. Ruddies associate much more frequently with Inca Doves than with Common Ground Doves. In fact, in eleven personal sightings of this species in Arizona, I have never seen a Ruddy with a Common nor has anyone else I know. [...] Perhaps this is a slow invasion, and forty years hence Ruddies will be so common ...
- 1987, Jürgen Nicolai, A Complete Introduction to Finches, Tfh Publications Incorporated (?ISBN), page 89:
Verb
ruddy (third-person singular simple present ruddies, present participle ruddying, simple past and past participle ruddied)
- (transitive) To make reddish in colour.
See also
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
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lively
English
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?la?vli/
Etymology 1
From Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English l?fl?? (“living, lively, long-lived, necessary to life, vital”), equivalent to life +? -ly. Cognate with Scots lively, lifely (“of or pertaining to life, vital, living, life-like”). Doublet of lifely.
Alternative forms
- lifely (obsolete)
Adjective
lively (comparative livelier, superlative liveliest)
- Full of life; energetic.
- Bright, glowing, vivid; strong, vigorous.
- 1704, Isaac Newton, Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light
- The colours of the prism are manifestly more full, intense, and lively that those of natural bodies.
- 1688, Robert South, Sacramental Preparation: Set forth in a Sermon on Matthew 5, 12.
- His faith must be not only living, but lively too.
- 1704, Isaac Newton, Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light
- (archaic) Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
- c. 1600, Philemon Holland
- chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves
- c. 1600, Philemon Holland
- (archaic) Representing life; lifelike.
- 1632, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry
- I spied the lively picture of my father.
- 1632, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry
- (archaic) Airy; animated; spirited.
- (of beer) Fizzy; foamy; tending to produce a large head in the glass.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "lively" is often applied: person, character, lady, woman, man, audience, personality, art, guide, activity, game, lesson, introduction, discussion, debate, writing, image, town, city, village, etc.
Synonyms
- (full of life): frisky, peppy, zestful; see also Thesaurus:active
- (vivid, strong, vigorous): intense
- (endowed with or manifesting life): extant, live, vital; see also Thesaurus:alive
- (representing life): lifey, limned, naturalistic,
- (fizzy, foamy): frothy, spumescent
Derived terms
- liveliness
- look lively
Translations
Noun
lively (plural livelies)
- (nautical, informal) Term of address.
- 1846, Herman Melville, Typee
- Speak the word, my livelies, and I'll pilot her in.
- 1846, Herman Melville, Typee
Etymology 2
From Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English l?fl??e, equivalent to life +? -ly.
Adverb
lively (comparative more lively, superlative most lively)
- Vigorously.
- Vibrantly, vividly.
- (obsolete) In a lifelike manner.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.220-1:
- the Painter Protogenes […] having perfected the image of a wearie and panting dog, […] but being unable, as he desired, lively to represent the drivel or slaver of his mouth, vexed against his owne worke, took his spunge, and moist as it was with divers colours, threw it at the picture […].
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.220-1:
Translations
Anagrams
- evilly, vilely
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