rubicund
English
Etymology
Latin rubicundus, from rubere (“to be red”).
Adjective
rubicund (comparative more rubicund, superlative most rubicund)
- Ruddy.
- 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.