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rubrical

rubrical adjective: of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a rubric.

Adjective

rubrical (comparative more rubrical, superlative most rubrical)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a rubric.
    • You treat his opinions (though he never thrusts them on you) about "the Church," and his duty, and the souls of his parishioners, with civil indifference, as much ado about nothing; and his rubrical eccentricities as puerilities.1857, Charles Kingsley, “The Way to Win Them”, in Two Years Ago, volume I, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 140

Forms of rubrical

comparativemore rubrical
superlativemost rubrical

Origin of rubrical

From rubric + -al.

Words formed from rubrical

Questions about rubrical

What does rubrical mean?
Rubrical means of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a rubric.
What part of speech is rubrical?
Rubrical is an adjective.

Words near rubrical in the dictionary

  1. rubrerythrin
  2. rubrerythrins
  3. rubriblast
  4. rubriblasts
  5. rubric
  6. rubrical
  7. rubricality
  8. rubrically
  9. rubrican
  10. rubricans
  11. rubricate

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