reddish

See also: Reddish

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós
Proto-Germanic *raudaz
Proto-West Germanic *raud
Old English rēad
Middle English red
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -isch
Middle English redisch
English reddish

    From Middle English redisch; equivalent to red +‎ -ish.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛdɪʃ/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛdɪʃ

    Adjective

    reddish (comparative more reddish, superlative most reddish)

    1. Somewhat red.
      • 1943 March and April, “G.W.R. Rolling Stock Colours”, in Railway Magazine, page 106:
        "Chocolate and cream," the standard colours of G.W.R. rolling stock for 21 years, are now being replaced by an all-over utility coating of reddish-brown. This is the third time that a uniform brown has been adopted as the standard livery of G.W.R. carriages.
      • 1948 September and October, W. S. Darby, “The Gold Coast Railway—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 287:
        Although the track is ballasted, it does not prevent clouds of reddish dust from the laterite soil blowing about when the train is in motion; after a journey with the windows open a bath is a necessity!
      • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 374, about Tealby:
        Most of the older buildings are of reddish-brown ironstone with mossy-tiled roofs, and almost all have stone-embanked gardens, richly planted and expertly maintained.
      • 2025 June 3, Mark O’Connell, “‘The Mozart of the attention economy’: why MrBeast is the world’s biggest YouTube star”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 7 June 2025:
        Donaldson is not by any means one of God’s chosen entertainment-industry stars. He’s not especially handsome, and neither is he particularly funny-looking. At 6ft 5in, and with the sparse reddish beard he nowadays sports, he has the charmingly awkward aspect of a teen who has recently put on a growth spurt and hasn’t quite settled into himself.

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