redout

[ red-out ]

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noun

a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.

Origin of redout¹

1940–45; red ¹ + out, on model of blackout

C'tait une sorte de Lovelace en cheveux blancs, forte redout des mres de famille.'

I had the pleasure of seeing old Redout this morning, the flower-painter par excellence.

Redout told me the young Duchesse d'Orlans had subscribed, and I would receive a letter to that effect.

Fifty sat down in the big room of the Redout, twenty in the Green Room.

Il arriue quelque fois, qu'vn mesme est tout ensemble & Autmoin & Sagamo, & lors il est grandement redout.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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