rubric
/ˈɹuːbɹɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A heading in a book highlighted in red.
noun
The directions for a religious service, formerly printed in red letters.
noun
An established rule or custom; a guideline.
noun
noun
A set of explanatory notes or rules at the beginning of an exam paper, usually typographically distinct from the rest of the paper.
Example Sentences
- "That would fall under the rubric of things we can ignore for now."
- "And in one swoop, the Attorney General conceded to the president nearly unlimited power, just as long as he finds a lawyer willing to stuff his actions into the boundless rubric of “defending the country.”"
- "All the clergy in England solemnly pledge themselves to observe the rubrics."
- "Whilst this rubric is not written into law, it should always be followed."
- "1847-1848, Thomas De Quincey, "Protestantism", in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human conceptions before Christianity."
- "Let Comus rise Archbishop of the land; Let him your rubric and your feasts prescribe"
Etymology
From Middle English rubriche, rubrike, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rūbrīca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₁rewdʰ-, rubriche, rubrique, rūbrīca
Usage
Inflected Forms
rubrics (plural)
rubrick (alternative)
more rubric (comparative)
most rubric (superlative)
rubrics (present, singular)
rubricking (participle, present)
rubricked (participle, past)
rubricked (past)