What does rubrous mean?
Rubrous means (formal) Red..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(formal) Red..
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. ?
In 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.
[…] deep, soft meadows; spaces illumined by the rubrous light, and spaces in which softer lights held sway.
Use rubrous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rubrous means (formal) Red..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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. ?
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