rubicund

English

Etymology

Latin rubicundus, from rubere 'be red'.

Adjective

rubicund (comparative more rubicund, superlative most rubicund)

1. Ruddy.
2. Possessing a red complexion.
   • 1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rip Van Winkle:

     For a long while he used to console himself … by frequenting a kind of perpetual club … which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of his Majesty George the Third.