rubrical

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adjective

Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a rubric.

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Meanings

adjectiverubrical (comparative more rubrical, superlative most rubrical)

comparative more rubrical · superlative most rubrical

  1. Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a rubric.

    You treat his opinions (though he never thrusts them on you) about "the Church," and his duty, and the souls of his parishioners, with civil indifference, as much ado about nothing; and his rubrical eccentricities as puerilities.

    1857, Charles Kingsley, “The Way to Win Them”, in Two Years Ago, volume I, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 140

Origin

From rubric + -al.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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