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ruddy (adj.)
late Old English
rudig
"rubicund," probably from
rudu
"redness," related to
read
"red" (see
red
(adj.1)). As a British slang euphemism for
bloody
(q.v.), first recorded 1914. Related:
Ruddiness
.
