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rubiginous

[ roo-bij-uh-nuhs ]

adjective

  1. rusty; rust-colored; brownish-red.


rubiginous

/ ːˈɪɪə /

adjective

  1. rust-coloured
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rubiginous1

1665–75; < Latin ōīōܲ, equivalent to rōbīgin-, rūbīgin-, stem of rōbīgō, ūīō rust (akin to ruber red 1 ) + -ōܲ -ous
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rubiginous1

C17: from Latin ūīōܲ , from ūīō rust, from ruber red
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That some such circumstance Contest between the lord of the manor and a wild cat. did occur, is conjectured from the crest which the family afterwards adopted, viz. a cat o' mountain, which is still to be seen on the tower of the church; and the tradition is said to be further confirmed by the figure of an animal at the foot of the oak statue of this Cresacre, and also a rubiginous stone in the pavement of the porch of the church.

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Most modern and rubiginous is the lobby of the Chrysler Building.

The pileus is rigid, coriaceous, resupinate, effused, reflexed, the lower margin generally adhering firmly, somewhat fasciated; velvety, rubiginous or rusty in color, then becoming smooth and bright brown, the intermediate stratum tawny-ferruginous.

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Tanned maiden! with cheeks like apples russet, And breast a brown agaric faint-flushing at tip, And a mouth too red for the moon to buss it, But her cheek unvow its vestalship; Thy mists enclip Her steel-clear circuit illuminous, Until it crust Rubiginous With the glorious gules of a glowing rust.

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