Meanings
- formalnot comparableRed.
[…] deep, soft meadows; spaces illumined by the rubrous light, and spaces in which softer lights held sway.
2015, Abraham Merritt, The Moon Pool2 more examples
A quick pulse certainly commands caution, but who has not seen the tongue furred from sheer debility, and become rubrous as a cherry on moderate invigorating diet, &c. ?
1823, James Johnson, The Medico-chirurgical Review - Volume 2In the dusky, rubrous light of the place, the Human student was reminded of a picture she had once seen of a stream of bats entering a cave on the home world she had never visited.
2011, Hal Clement, Still River
Origin
- Latinrubra
- Englishrubrous
From Latin rubra, suffixed with -ous.
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