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rubrous

rubrous adjective: red.

Adjective

rubrous (not comparable)

  1. (formal) Red.
    • A quick pulse certainly commands caution, but who has not seen the tongue furred from sheer debility, and become rubrous as a cherry on moderate invigorating diet, &c. ?1823, James Johnson, The Medico-chirurgical Review - Volume 2
    • In the dusky, rubrous light of the place, the Human student was reminded of a picture she had once seen of a stream of bats entering a cave on the home world she had never visited.2011, Hal Clement, Still River

Origin of rubrous

From Latin rubra, suffixed with -ous.

Questions about rubrous

What does rubrous mean?
Rubrous means red.
What part of speech is rubrous?
Rubrous is an adjective.

Words near rubrous in the dictionary

  1. rubroolivary
  2. rubropunctamine
  3. rubropunctatin
  4. rubrospinal
  5. rubrosulphin
  6. rubrous
  7. rubrozem
  8. rubrozems
  9. rubs
  10. rubs along
  11. rubs away

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