ruddier

[ruhd-ee]

rud·dy

[ruhd-ee] adjective, rud·di·er, rud·di·est, adverb
adjective
1.
of or having a fresh, healthy red color: a ruddy complexion.
2.
red or reddish.
3.
British Slang. damned: a ruddy fool.
adverb
4.
British Slang. damned: He'd ruddy well better be there.

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Ruddier is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
before 1100; Middle English rudi, Old English rudig. See rudd, -y1

rud·di·ly, adverb
rud·di·ness, noun
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