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ruddock

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
17
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɹʌdək/

Definition of ruddock

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (archaic)The European robin.
    “The Ouzell shrills; the Ruddock warbles soft.”
    “The sweet And shrilly ruddock, with its bleeding breast”
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noun

  1. (archaic)The European robin.
    “The Ouzell shrills; the Ruddock warbles soft.”
    “The sweet And shrilly ruddock, with its bleeding breast”
  2. (obsolete)A piece of gold money (probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy).
    “Great pieces of gold […] red ruddocks.”
  3. (obsolete)A variety of red apple, used for cidermaking.

name

  1. A surname.
  2. A ghost town in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States, destroyed by a hurricane.

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Etymology

From Middle English ruddocke, ruddok, roddok, from Old English rudduc, ruduc (“robin, ruddock”, literally “little red one, red-ling”), equivalent to rud (“redness”) + -ock (diminutive suffix). The Welsh rhuddog, and Cornish rudhek (“the redbreast”) are probably from the English, although a derivation from a British Celtic *roudākos (< *roudos "red") for all three cannot be ruled out. More at rud.

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