ruvid

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adjective

rough

OriginLatin ruidus →
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Meanings

adjectiveruvid (comparative more ruvid, superlative most ruvid)

comparative more ruvid · superlative most ruvid

  1. archaicformalrough

    One of the principal effects to be noticed in using the mineral water at Wiesbaden, is the great change that supervenes in the state of the skin. From being dry and ruvid, it becomes moist and soft.

    1838, Augustus Bozzi Granville, The Spas of Germany, page 443

Origin

  1. Latinruidus“rough”
  2. Englishruvid

From Latin ruidus (“rough”).

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APA

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MLA

“ruvid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruvid. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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