rubious

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

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."

From ruby + -ous.

more rubious (comparative) most rubious (superlative)

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