rubicund
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Gainsborough, Reynolds, Romney, Allan Ramsay and others caught Britain’s biggest losers in oils, allowing us to put rubicund faces to inglorious reputations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
He was described in his Daily Telegraph obituary as being one of the most liberal-minded MPs of his generation with a demeanour variously described as "plump, balding and rubicund".
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2017
Some 350 cross-country skiers with rubicund faces from three days of playing outside were packed in the nave that caterers had transformed into a magnificent dining hall.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2013
Even the rubicund features and close-cropped white hair suggest a mix of military autocrat and merry patriarch.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2010
Mr. Loring had a vulnerable, rubicund face with eyebrows arched into constant and natural inquisitiveness.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vocabulary lists containing rubicund
"The Monkey's Paw," Vocabulary from the short story
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"The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs
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"Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving
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