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What (who) is rubicund - definition
rubicund
['ru:b?k(?)nd]
¦ adjective having a ruddy complexion.
Derivatives
rubicundity -'k?nd?ti noun
Origin
ME: from L. rubicundus, from rubere 'be red'.
Rubicund
·adj Inclining to redness; ruddy; red.
rubicund
a.
Ruddy, reddish, red, florid.
Examples of use of rubicund
1. For Botticelli, Venus was an ethereally lyrical, slippery–hipped sylph, for Rubens she was a rubicund sensualist revelling in a luscious spillage of fat.
2. An Oxford and Stanford graduate, Smith, 62, is a dapper figure with a taste for bow ties and suede shoes, and an undulation of white hair atop a face that tends to the rubicund.
3. My journalist companion was a talkative man: we talked of the avalanche of Germans who have come to Seville – rigid and rubicund, robots who salute with the raised palm of the hand and a dutiful "Heil, Hitler!" Article continues "The more Germans, the merrier," said the journalist.