rubicund
Example Sentences
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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
He is fairly large, slightly rubicund, but, withal, impressive to look upon.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of them was a rubicund giant with a strong Spanish accent, Father Jose Dulce Maria, whose name was familiar to Esteban Trueba.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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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