different between unfaded vs ruddy

English

Etymology

un- +? faded

Adjective

unfaded (comparative more unfaded, superlative most unfaded)

1. Not faded.

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)

1. Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
2. (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)

1. (Britain, slang) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.

Noun

ruddy (plural ruddies)

1. (informal) A ruddy duck.
2. (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 ...

Verb

ruddy (third-person singular simple present ruddies, present participle ruddying, simple past and past participle ruddied)

1. (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)}