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reddish

[ red-ish ]

/ ˈrɛd ɪʃ /

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adjective

somewhat red; tending to red; tinged with red.

Origin of reddish

First recorded in 1350–1400, reddish is from the Middle English word redische. See red¹, -ish¹

OTHER WORDS FROM reddish

red·dish·ness, noun

Words nearby reddish

redcoat, redcurrant, redd, redden, redding, reddish, redditch, reddle, reddleman, rede, redear sunfish

Example sentences from the Web for reddish

Instead, they are blobs of reddish stars without any particular structure.

The Care and Feeding of Baby Giant Galaxies |Matthew R. Francis |May 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Her finely penciled lips are a coppery brown, playing off her salmon-colored suit and her reddish hair.

Shirley MacLaine on ‘Bernie,’ ‘Downton Abbey,’ and Her Lifetime Achievments |Lorenza Muñoz |April 25, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Pedestrians dodge streams of reddish liquid in the streets, said to be pollution from tanneries.

The Perils of Karachi |Steve Inskeep |October 14, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The magician became silent, the incense was condensed and assumed a reddish tint which gradually became more and more diffused.

The Magic of the Middle Ages |Viktor Rydberg

Fronteras is the other side of the water—that streak of olive green with reddish shadow.

The Treasure of Pearls |Gustave Aimard
They were loose, and disseminated upon the road, in a reddish kind of earth.

Travels in North America, From Modern Writers |William Bingley
Far and wide the sea of verdure rolls around us, broken only by ridges of grayish rock and scarped cliffs of reddish basalt.

Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land |Henry Van Dyke
It is one single shaft of reddish granite (Sienite), and hieroglyphical characters are rudely sculptured upon it.

Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) |S. Spooner

British Dictionary definitions for reddish

reddish

/ (ˈrɛdɪʃ) /

adjective

somewhat red

Derived forms of reddish

reddishly, adverb reddishness, noun