ruddy
意味
- (顔などが)血色のよい
- 《文》赤い,赤味をおびた
- あのいやな
- いやに,ひどく
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Inherited from Middle English rody, from Old English rudiġ (“reddish; ruddy”), from rudu + -iġ. By surface analysis, rud (“redness”) + -y. Compare Icelandic roði (“redness”). The British slang sense expressing irritation is presumably a euphemism for bloody.