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rubicund

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ru·bi·cund /ˈruːbɪkənd/ adjective literary  HBHFATsomeone who is rubicund is fat and has a red face 〔人〕肥胖而面色红润的
Examples from the Corpus
rubicundHe was short, a little overweight, more than a little rubicund as to his features and exuded an aura of cheerful bonhomie.Willi padded round the room with his basket, a balding, rubicund Eliza Doolittle.He wore corrective goggles which must translate the rubicund gloom of this vestibule into the true spectrum.
Origin rubicund (1400-1500) Latin rubicundus, from rubere to be red
ru·bi·cund adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus who is has rubicund fat someone is and


rubicund
rubicund /ˈruːbɪkənd/ adjective literary
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Latin
 Origin: rubicundus, from rubere 'to be red'
someone who is rubicund is fat and has a red face


ru·bi·cundBrE /ˈruːbɪkənd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈruːbɪkənd/ 🔊 adjective (literary) (of a person's face 人的脸) having a healthy red colour 健康红润的 SYN ruddy