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rubelike

rubelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a rube (unsophisticated person or yokel).

Adjective

rubelike (comparative more rubelike, superlative most rubelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a rube (unsophisticated person or yokel).
    • ...and she stood and took it in, aware that she was gawking like a tourist, chin lifted in rubelike awe, and caring not one iota.2005, Tom Morrisey, Dark Fathom
    • Feeling that their “hairy-kneed,” tartan-wearing, rubelike Highland competitors were being given unfair advantage...2005, F Paul Pacult, A double scotch: how Chivas Regal and The Glenlivet became global icons

Forms of rubelike

comparativemore rubelike
superlativemost rubelike

Origin of rubelike

From rube + -like.

Questions about rubelike

What does rubelike mean?
Rubelike means resembling or characteristic of a rube (unsophisticated person or yokel).
What part of speech is rubelike?
Rubelike is an adjective.

Words near rubelike in the dictionary

  1. rubefying
  2. rubegoldbergian
  3. rubel
  4. rubelet
  5. rubelets
  6. rubelike
  7. rubella
  8. rubellalike
  9. rubellite
  10. rubellites
  11. Ruben

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