rubicund

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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

From the bow of his trawler, bespangled with anti-EU banners and bobbing on the grey Thames outside the Houses of Parliament, a rubicund fisherman bellowed at the crowds on Westminster Bridge.

From Economist

The phone, with its rubicund sheen, was instantly coveted.

From The New Yorker

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

Sheridan is depicted as a blazing meteor with an extremely rubicund nose.

From Project Gutenberg