rosaceous vs ruddy

rosaceous

adj
  • Resembling or characteristic of rosacea; rosy; reddish. 

  • Of or pertaining to a rose, or a member of the Rosaceae family of plants. 

ruddy

adj
  • Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky. 

  • A mild intensifier, expressing irritation. 

adv
  • A mild intensifier, expressing irritation. 

noun
  • A ruddy duck. 

  • A ruddy ground dove. 

verb
  • To make reddish in colour. 

How often have the words rosaceous and ruddy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )