rubious
Meaning
Ruby-colored.
Examples
Dianas lip
Is not more ſmooth, and rubious: thy ſmall pipe
Is as the maidens organ, ſhrill, and ſound,
And all is ſemblatiue a womans part.
As Shaw became less of the rubious-bearded rebel and more of the Public Institution, reporter-hunted, bore-pursued, the partnership must have been hard work at times.
Word Forms
more rubious
most rubious
Etymology
From ruby + -ous.