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rubicundity|ruːbɪˈkʌndɪtɪ|
[f. prec. + -ity, or ad. med.L. rubicunditas.]
The state of being rubicund; redness (of face) from good living.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 48/1 It expelleth all rubicundity, and dolour of the Eyes. 1727Bailey vol. II. 1765 H. Walpole Let. to G. Montagu 19 Feb. (1846) V. 1, I do not wish you to parade your rubicundity and grey hairs through the mobs and assemblies of London. 1786Francis the Philanthropist I. 61 Her rotundity of figure and rubicundity of countenance. 1831Macaulay 7 June in Trevelyan Life, His rector-like amplitude and rubicundity. 1882J. Hawthorne Fort. Fool. i. v, An extra-ordinary change had come over his countenance. Its rubicundity was gone.
transf.1844Blackw. Mag. LV. 500 The stair carpet also added its contribution to the rubicundity of the scene. |