rubric
rubric · more rubric · most rubric
Coloured or marked with redColoured or marked with red; placed in rubrics.
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/ˈɹuːbɹɪk/
Meaning
2 sensesColoured or marked with red; placed in rubrics.
Of or relating to the rubric or rubrics; rubrical.
Origin
From Middle English rubriche, rubrike, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rūbrīca (“redFrom Middle English rubriche, rubrike, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rūbrīca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.
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Forms
more rubric, most rubric| Comparative | more rubric Lesson |
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| Superlative | most rubric Lesson |
regular
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.