rubrous

English

Etymology

From Latin rubra, suffixed with -ous.

Adjective

rubrous (not comparable)

1. (formal) Red.
   • 1823, James Johnson, The Medico-chirurgical Review - Volume 2:

     A quick pulse certainly commands caution, but who has not seen the tongue furred from sheer debility, and become rubrous as a cherry on moderate invigorating diet, &c. ?

   • 2011, Hal Clement, Still River:

     In the dusky, rubrous light of the place, the Human student was reminded of a picture she had once seen of a stream of bats entering a cave on the home world she had never visited.

   • 2015, Abraham Merritt, The Moon Pool:

     […] deep, soft meadows; spaces illumined by the rubrous light, and spaces in which softer lights held sway.