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rubiginous

rubiginous is the alternative form of rubiginose.

Meaning of rubiginose

Adjective

rubiginose (comparative more rubiginose, superlative most rubiginose)

  1. (archaic) Having the appearance or colour of iron rust; rusty-looking.

Forms of rubiginous

comparativemore rubiginous
superlativemost rubiginous

Questions about rubiginous

What is rubiginous the alternative form of?
Rubiginous is the alternative form of rubiginose.

Words near rubiginous in the dictionary

  1. rubifies
  2. rubiform
  3. rubify
  4. rubifying
  5. rubiginose
  6. rubiginous
  7. rubigo
  8. rubijervine
  9. Rubik
  10. Rubik cube
  11. Rubik cubes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rubiginous (page history and authors); rubiginose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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