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Word of the Day for Thursday June 13, 2002:

rubicund \ROO-bih-kund\, adjective:
Inclining to redness; ruddy; red.

The men are second cousins, around forty, resembling each
other not very much, one taller and leaner, less rubicund
than the other, who has just returned from California.
--John Lukacs, [1]A Thread of Years

Rubicund from his cocktail, big, broad, lustrous with
power, he exuded what Walter Pater called the "charm of an
exquisite character, felt in some way to be inseparable
from his person."
--Edmund Morris, [2]Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan

Rubicund comes from Latin rubicundus, "red, ruddy," from
rubere, "to be red."

Synonyms: sanguine, roseate. [3]Find more at Thesaurus.com.