rubish

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adjective

Like a rube.

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Meanings

adjectiverubish (comparative more rubish, superlative most rubish)

comparative more rubish · superlative most rubish

  1. Like a rube.

    I suppose I am a rubish hayseed in some sense, full of down-home notions that contradict the more sophisticated notions of my colleagues.

    1992, Donald Barthelme, Kim A. Herzinger, The teachings of Don B.

Origin

From rube + -ish.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

hubrisSurbhi
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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