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# reddish

adjective (reddish)

«reddish» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Reddish means a little red, or nearly red, but not completely («reddish-brown hair»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reddish/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science and art lessons about colour, «-ish» words describe colours that are not pure: reddish, greenish, bluish. In science, Mars is called the Red Planet for its reddish soil. In stories, a reddish sky at sunset or a reddish glow sets the scene.

### Examples

- Mars looks reddish in the night sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reddish/#x1)
- The leaves turned reddish in autumn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reddish/#x2)
- She has reddish-brown hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reddish/#x3)
- The sky was reddish at sunset. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reddish/#x4)
- Rust is a reddish-brown colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reddish/#x5)
- His face went reddish when he was embarrassed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reddish/#x6)
- The rock had a reddish stripe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reddish/#x7)
- Under the breast-fin of the whale is a reddish-brown spot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reddish/#x8)

### Note

Double d: red → reddish. «-ish» means «a bit»: reddish = a bit red; it also makes «sevenish» (about seven o'clock). Often joined with another colour: reddish-brown.

## In Jewish tradition

In the laws of Leviticus a reddish-white spot on the skin is a sign the priest must check for tzaraat.

**Interpretation.** Tradition says the priest, not a doctor, decides whether the person is unclean; the skin condition is read as a sign tied to wrongdoing such as gossip, and is not just a disease.

### Examples

- and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be shown to the priest. (Torah LEV.13.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reddish/#x1)
- Or when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a burning by fire, and the quick flesh of the burning become a bright spot, reddish-white, or white; (Torah LEV.13.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reddish/#x2)
- But if there be in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague, it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead. (Torah LEV.13.42, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reddish/#x3)

### Note

Double d: red → reddish. «-ish» means «a bit»: reddish = a bit red; it also makes «sevenish» (about seven o'clock). Often joined with another colour: reddish-brown.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «reddish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reddish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«reddish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/reddish.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «reddish» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reddish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«reddish» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/reddish.html) on Mova free.