Ruddy vs Florid - What's the difference?
ruddy | florid |
Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
(British, slang) A mild intensifier.
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(informal) ruddy duck
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To make reddish in colour.
Having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.
Elaborately ornate; flowery.
In a blatant, vivid, or highly disorganized state.
As adjectives the difference between ruddy and florid
is that ruddy is reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky while florid is having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.As a noun ruddy
is ruddy duck.As a verb ruddy
is to make reddish in colour.ruddy
English
Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* (reddish in color) rosy * (intensifier) bally, bleeding, blimming, bloody, blooming * See alsoSee also
*Noun
(ruddies)citation
Verb
- The sunset ruddied our faces.
- (Sir Walter Scott)
florid
English
Adjective
(head)- Florid psychosis.