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Definition of 'rubious'

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (obsolete) red; ruddy
  • * c. 1601 , William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night , I.4:
  • *:Diana's lip
    Is not more smooth and rubious ; thy small pipe
    Is as the maiden's organ, shrill and sound,
    And all is semblative a woman's part.
  • (Webster 1913)