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rubiform

rubiform adjective: reddish.

Adjective

rubiform (comparative more rubiform, superlative most rubiform)

  1. (archaic) reddish
    • the rubiform rays of the sun1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin]...

Forms of rubiform

comparativemore rubiform
superlativemost rubiform

Origin of rubiform

Latin rubifōrmis, from ruber (“red”) + -fōrmis.

Questions about rubiform

What does rubiform mean?
Rubiform means reddish.
What part of speech is rubiform?
Rubiform is an adjective.

Words near rubiform in the dictionary

  1. rubific
  2. rubification
  3. rubifications
  4. rubified
  5. rubifies
  6. rubiform
  7. rubify
  8. rubifying
  9. rubiginose
  10. rubiginous
  11. rubigo

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