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Definition of Rubious
1. a. Red; ruddy.
Definition of Rubious
1. Adjective. (obsolete) red; ruddy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rubious
1. ruby-colored [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubious
Literary usage of Rubious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"Thamnophilus rubious, Vieil. Reddish brown; beneath reddish; crown ash} cheeks
white, brown-spotted; bill black; feet brown; length nine and a half inches. ..."
2. Twelfth Night: Or, What You Will by William Shakespeare, Henry Norman Hudson (1911)
"31. rubious: red, rosy, ruby-colored. Probably a Shakespearian coinage. ' Rubied '
occurs in Pericles, V, Prologue, 8. — pipe : voice. ..."
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