rubine

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/ˈɹuː.bin/

noun

A reddish aniline dye.

OriginMedieval Latin rubīnus →
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Meanings

nounrubine (countable and uncountable, plural rubines)

plural rubines

  1. countableuncountableA reddish aniline dye.
  2. archaiccountablepoeticuncountableA ruby.

    Some [wines] deepe empurpled as the hyacine , Some as the rubine

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
adjectiverubine (comparative more rubine, superlative most rubine)

comparative more rubine · superlative most rubine

  1. Of a deep, red color; ruby-red.

Origin

  1. Medieval Latinrubīnus“carbuncle, ruby”
  2. Englishrubine

From Medieval Latin rubīnus (“carbuncle, ruby”). Doublet of ruby.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

BruneiburnieBurienbrunie
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APA

rubine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rubine

MLA

“rubine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rubine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rubine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rubine.

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