Meaning & use
rubicund
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Having a healthy reddish or rosy complexion, especially of the face.
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The innkeeper was a rubicund man with a booming laugh.
Years of outdoor work had left the farmer with a rubicund, weathered face.
A note on using this word
A somewhat old-fashioned, literary word; 'ruddy' is the more common everyday equivalent.
Words with a similar meaning
ruddyflorid
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Words with an opposite meaning
palepallid
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