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Russian
Russian
proper adj
medieval L. < Russ.
Rusi
, Russia; prob. < Swedish
Rossi
, red.
Northern; from the tribe of Norsemen who settled in Russia; [fig.] cold; freezing; severe; [metaphor] dressed in fur to counteract the winter weather.