Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Mixed or tinged with red; somewhat red.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of a color approaching red.
- noun A reddish color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Somewhat red; moderately
red .
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- adjective Somewhat
red .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Etymologies
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Examples
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With his pale Irish skin, stick-out ears, and lantern jaw covered in reddish-brown stubble, wearing a green waffle-pattern long-underwear shirt and a pair of Sprawl athletic shorts, he looks like an elongated version of the actor Matt Damon preparing for a role in a remake of Deliverance.
Rampage 2008
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With his pale Irish skin, stick-out ears, and lantern jaw covered in reddish-brown stubble, wearing a green waffle-pattern long-underwear shirt and a pair of Sprawl athletic shorts, he looks like an elongated version of the actor Matt Damon preparing for a role in a remake of Deliverance.
Rampage 2008
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It was well wrapped in reddish-brown cloths, and as she revealed the contents of the package, the tension in the room became palpable.
365 tomorrows » 2007 » July : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007
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Everything was relatively dark and these hulking machines were taking in reddish white hot molten glass down these chutes and sending out glowing red beer bottles about 3 dozen at a time.
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There was the dark fine bright red of some pepperidges shewing behind the green of an unchanged maple; near by stood another maple the leaves of which were all seemingly withered, a plain reddish light wood-colour; while below its withered foliage a thrifty poison sumach wreathing round its trunk and lower branches, was in a beautiful confusion of fresh green and the orange and red changes, yet but just begun.
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She’s adopted a strategy all too common among Dems in reddish districts: don’t worry about the views of the voters, just build up a financial advantage by attending to the needs of corporate donors.
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At least once a week Pender would search the NCIC missing persons database and a half dozen other systems to see if any more women with hair described as reddish blond or strawberry blond had turned up missing.
The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001
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At least once a week Pender would search the NCIC missing persons database and a half dozen other systems to see if any more women with hair described as reddish blond or strawberry blond had turned up missing.
The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001
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At least once a week Pender would search the NCIC missing persons database and a half dozen other systems to see if any more women with hair described as reddish blond or strawberry blond had turned up missing.
The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001
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Some dealers call reddish spinels "_Balas ruby_" (rose red), and orange red ones "_rubicelle_."
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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