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rubiginose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ru-big-i-nose
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the appearance or colour of iron rust; rusty-looking.

Archaic

Etymology

From Latin rubiginosus, from rubigo, robigo, rust: compare French rubigineux.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more rubiginose (comparative) most rubiginose (superlative) rubiginous (alternative)

Questions

What does rubiginose mean?
Having the appearance or colour of iron rust; rusty-looking.
Where does rubiginose come from?
From Latin rubiginosus, from rubigo, robigo, rust: compare French rubigineux.

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