reddish

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛdɪʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛdɪʃ

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.

• reddy
• ruddy

• pinkish

• reddish-brown
• reddish egret
• reddish-green
• reddishness