rubor

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat

From Latin rubor.

A mi pregunta contestó con un rubor que la hacía mas encantadora todavía: --Cuando empieza la próxima cosecha nos casaremos, si es que no te toca ir al servicio del rey. — A First Spanish Reader, Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler
The discipline, my mind had undergone, Ne falleretur rotundo sono et versuum cursu, cincinnis, et floribus; sed ut inspiceret quidnam subesset, quae, sedes, quod firmamentum, quis fundus verbis; an figures essent mera ornatura et orationis fucus; vel sanguinis e materiae ipsius corde effluentis rubor quidam nativus et incalescentia genuina;--removed all obstacles to the appreciation of excellence in style without diminishing my delight. — Biographia Literaria, Samuel Taylor Coleridge

inflammation, redness

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