rubious

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7

Definition of rubious

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (rare)Ruby-colored.
    “Dianas lip Is not more ſmooth, and rubious: thy ſmall pipe Is as the maidens organ, ſhrill, and ſound, And all is ſemblatiue a womans part.”
    “As Shaw became less of the rubious-bearded rebel and more of the Public Institution, reporter-hunted, bore-pursued, the partnership must have been hard work at times.”

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Etymology

From ruby + -ous.

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