ruddy, rod1, rody

[A. S. * rudig, allied to read red (q. v.).] 1. Of a red or reddish color; red. "Not so the ruby flames with ruddy gleam." Hoole: Orlando Furioso , bk. x. 2. Of a lively flesh-color, or the color of the skin when in full health fresh-colored. 3. Of a reddisn or orange color. "The ruddier orange, and the paier lime." Cowper : Task , iii. 573.