Meaning

adjective of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

noun red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

adjective characterized by violence or bloodshed; - Andrea Parke; - Thomas Gray; - Hudson Strode

originInherited from Middle English red, from Old English rēad, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ- + *-ós. Cognates See also West…

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