Tuesday, November 11, 2014

word of the day: rubicund

The word of the day is rubicund:

red or reddish; ruddy
< Latin rubicundus, akin to ruber red (dictionary.com


"Climatic changes and extremes are definitely in the cards with the resurgence of the rubicund current in the Samotrian Sea, the eruption of Mount Placido, the erratic posturings of ermines and wolves."

 - Karen Elizabeth Gordon, Out of the Loud Hound of Darkness: A Dictionarrative

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