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Ruddiness

Ruddiness \Rud"di*ness\, n. The quality or state of being ruddy; as, the ruddiness of the cheeks or the sky.

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ruddiness

n. The property of being ruddy.

WordNet
ruddiness

n. a healthy reddish complexion [syn: rosiness]

Usage examples of "ruddiness".

Roman, eyes large, black, and sparkling, and a ruddiness in his cheeks that was the more a grace, for his complexion was of the brownest, not of that dusky dun colour which excludes the idea of freshness, but of that clear, olive gloss which, glowing with life, dazzles perhaps less than fairness, and yet pleases more, when it pleases at all.

But one day he found two significant words on one page: rubeola and ruddiness.