rubric
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- rubrick (obsolete)
Etymology [edit]
Through Old French rubrique, from Latin rubrīca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *reudh-.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
rubric (plural rubrics)
- A heading in a book highlighted in red.
- A title of a category or a class.
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- That would fall under the rubric of things we can ignore for now.
- 2008, Chris Dodd, Senator Dodd Speaks in Opposition to FISA Bill on Floor of U.S. Senate:
- And in one swoop, the Attorney General conceded to the president nearly unlimited power, just as long as he finds a lawyer willing to stuff his actions into the boundless rubric of “defending the country.”
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- An established rule or custom, a guideline.
- (education) A printed set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:class
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
heading in a book highlighted in red
category or classification
printed set of scoring criteria
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Adjective [edit]
rubric (comparative more rubric, superlative most rubric)
- Coloured or marked with red; placed in rubrics.
- Alexander Pope
- What though my name stood rubric on the walls / Or plaistered posts, with claps, in capitals?
- Alexander Pope
- Of or relating to the rubric or rubrics; rubrical.
Verb [edit]
rubric (third-person singular simple present rubrics, present participle rubricking, simple past and past participle rubricked)
- (transitive) To adorn with red; to redden.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
External links [edit]
- rubric in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- rubric in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
