Rubiconn.

Brit.

/ˈruːbɪk(ə)n/,

/ˈruːbɪkɒn/, U.S.

/ˈrubəˌkɑn/

Forms: 1600s Rubico, 1600s– Rubicon. also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Rubicon.

Etymology: < Rubicon (classical Latin Rubicō , Rubicōn ), the ancient name of a small river on the east coast of northern Italy, forming part of the southern boundary of Cisalpine Gaul; the crossing of it by Julius Caesar in 49 b.c. marked the beginning of the war with Pompey. In sense 2 after French Rubicon (1862 or earlier in this sense in a piquet context); compare faire le Rubicon ‘to achieve a set target score in a variety of the game of piquet’, piquet Rubicon, denoting this game variety (both 1874 or earlier).With to cross (also pass) the Rubicon at Phrases compare French passer le Rubicon (1611 in Cotgrave).

1. In allusive use, with reference to to cross (also pass) the Rubicon at Phrases: a boundary, a limit; esp. one which once crossed entails irrevocable commitment; a point of no return.In quot. 1613: a course of events to which one is irrevocably committed after passing a point of no return.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun]

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1613 R. Dallington Briefe Inference Guicciardines Digression 36 in Aphorismes Ciuill & Militarie He hath passed his commission (as Caesar did,) and is waded vp to the chinne through the bloudie Rubicon, and so is become Rebell to his Soueraigne Lord the Emperour, as also to the state of the Church.

1711 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 132 The bancks of the Boyn.., the ould Rubicon of the Pale.

1840 G. T. Vigne Personal Narr. Visit to Ghuzni, Kabul, & Afghanistan i. 31 Unconscious of its [sc. the Indus's] own importance as a line of demarcation, or as a Rubicon alike to the native and invader of Hindostan.

1895 W. St. C. Boscawen Bible & Monuments (1896) 112 The Deluge formed the rubicon between the mythic period and the heroic and polyarchal age.

1915 C. L. de Chambrun Pieces of Game iii. 78 After this incident Ida, who was nearing the rubicon of a thirtieth birthday, altered her policy to one of ‘watchful waiting’.

1954 I. Deutscher Prophet Armed v. 120 Miliukov..described it [sc. the Manifesto] as the crossing by the nation of the rubicon of constitutional government.

2004 R. Dawkins Ancestor's Tale 257 In the case of epidemics, for once there really is a natural rubicon: a critical mass of infections above which the virus..suddenly..increases its rate of spreading.

2. Cards. A target score which increases the penalty of a losing player who fails to reach it, spec. the score of 100 as a critical score in piquet, or 1000 in bezique; the failure of a loser to reach this score. Frequently attributive, designating a variety of bezique or piquet in which such a target operates.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bezique > [noun] > varieties of

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Rubicon1873

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > piquet > [noun] > varieties of

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Rubicon1873

klobbiyos1892

Sant1909

1873 ‘Cavendish’ Laws Piquet 53 French piquet is sometimes played without the rubicon.

1882 ‘Cavendish’ (title) The laws of Rubicon piquet, adopted by the Portland Club.

1887 ‘Cavendish’ (title) The Laws of Rubicon Bezique.

1897 R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 438 Rubicon piquet, for two players. The chief difference between this game and the usual form, Piquet au cent, is in the manner of declaring... Rubicons. If either or both players fail to reach 100 points in the six deals, the one having the most is the winner, and adds to his own score all the points made by the loser, with 100 in addition for game.

1929 W. J. Locke Ancestor Jorico xi When he was with us we played a chouette (three players) of Rubicon Bézique for hours together.

1950 L. H. Dawson Hoyle's Games Modernized (ed. 20) 76 It is only necessary to discuss the Rubicon Game, the game of 100 or 101 points being in disuse.

1950 L. H. Dawson Hoyle's Games Modernized (ed. 20) 76 There is another condition, namely, the establishment of 100 as a ‘Rubicon’.

1973 J. Scarne Encycl. Games 604 Rubicon (piquet), failure of the loser of a game to reach 100 points.

1990 Illustr. London News Christmas No. 48/1 A brisk meal, then out with the rubicon bezique cards. We play into the small hours.

Phrases

to cross (also pass) the Rubicon, to take a decisive or irrevocable step at a critical moment of some undertaking or enterprise.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > resolve or decide [verb (intransitive)] > take decisive step

to cross (also pass) the Rubicon1624

to burn one's bridges (behind one)1860

to burn one's boats1886

1624 J. Reynolds Votivæ Angliæ sig. E If you wil couragiouslie resolve to cut this Gordion knot with Alexander, and to passe this Rubicon with Cæsar, you shall then trulie and tryumphantlie participate of the ones Fame, and of the others Glorie.

1626 Let. 3 Dec. in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) I. 180 Queen Dido did never more importune Æneas's stay at Carthage, than his mother and sister do his continuance here at London... But now he is past the Rubicon.

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. ix. 415 Here we haue passed the Rubicon of experimentall knowledge: we are now out of the boundes that experience hath any iurisdiction ouer.

1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. iii. i. 26 This noyse may chill your Blood, but mine it warms: We have already past the Rubicon.

1690 J. Crowne Eng. Frier v. 42 I'le be hang'd if this fellow got me. Some Cæsar Pass'd my Mother's Rubicon, wou'd I had his Commentaries.

1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 252 Giving her to understand..that she had pass'd the Rubicon, that..she had taken such a step of her own Accord.

1727 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. III. iii. 21 Having thus passed the Rubicon (Trent) and set my Face Northward.

1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. liv. 241 The very soliloquy of Lord Suffolk, before he passed the Rubicon.

1829 S. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 29/2 The moment the punishment passes this Rubicon, it becomes less and less, instead of greater and greater.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. vii. 118 A pause—in which I began to steady the palsy of my nerves, and to feel that the rubicon was passed.

1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret II. vii. 117 He was behindhand in his education, and had not yet passed the intellectual Rubicon of words of two syllables.

1899 North Adams (Mass.) Evening Transcript 22 May 3/4 This naive girl had innocently played into his hands, and now the Rubicon must be crossed.

1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon i. 49 Well, Harriet, we've passed the Rubicon.

1951 L. P. Hartley My Fellow Devils xxxiv. 358 That's that, she thought, almost as if she had crossed some rubicon.

1980 B. Van Der Horst in O. Davies Omni Bk. of Paranormal & Mind v. xxiv. 255 During peak hallucinatory periods, subjects frequently crossed the Rubicon of complete hallucination.

1995 Maturity Feb. 27/1 When I put the canoe down at the water's edge I knew I had crossed my Rubicon.

Compounds

†

Rubicon die n. [alluding to Caesar's words upon crossing the Rubicon iacta alea est ‘the die is cast’ (Suetonius Julius 33; the expression is commonly cited as alea iacta est)] Obsolete rare (in figurative use) a die which, when cast, will determine whether or not a decisive course of action will be undertaken.

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a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) x. 126 [He] rather thought good to venture upon the cast of a Rubicon Dy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rubicon
释义	Rubiconn. Brit. /ˈruːbɪk(ə)n/, /ˈruːbɪkɒn/, U.S. /ˈrubəˌkɑn/ Forms: 1600s Rubico, 1600s– Rubicon. also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Rubicon. Etymology: < Rubicon (classical Latin Rubicō , Rubicōn ), the ancient name of a small river on the east coast of northern Italy, forming part of the southern boundary of Cisalpine Gaul; the crossing of it by Julius Caesar in 49 b.c. marked the beginning of the war with Pompey. In sense 2 after French Rubicon (1862 or earlier in this sense in a piquet context); compare faire le Rubicon ‘to achieve a set target score in a variety of the game of piquet’, piquet Rubicon, denoting this game variety (both 1874 or earlier).With to cross (also pass) the Rubicon at Phrases compare French passer le Rubicon (1611 in Cotgrave). 1. In allusive use, with reference to to cross (also pass) the Rubicon at Phrases: a boundary, a limit; esp. one which once crossed entails irrevocable commitment; a point of no return.In quot. 1613: a course of events to which one is irrevocably committed after passing a point of no return. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] goalc1350 bounda1387 list1389 finea1400 frontier1413 enda1425 limit1439 buttal1449 headroom1462 band1470 mete?1473 buttinga1475 bounder1505 pale?a1525 butrelle1546 scantlet1547 limesa1552 divisec1575 meta1587 line1595 marginc1595 closure1597 Rubicon1613 bournea1616 boundary1626 boundure1634 verge1660 terminary1670 meta1838 1613 R. Dallington Briefe Inference Guicciardines Digression 36 in Aphorismes Ciuill & Militarie He hath passed his commission (as Caesar did,) and is waded vp to the chinne through the bloudie Rubicon, and so is become Rebell to his Soueraigne Lord the Emperour, as also to the state of the Church. 1711 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 132 The bancks of the Boyn.., the ould Rubicon of the Pale. 1840 G. T. Vigne Personal Narr. Visit to Ghuzni, Kabul, & Afghanistan i. 31 Unconscious of its [sc. the Indus's] own importance as a line of demarcation, or as a Rubicon alike to the native and invader of Hindostan. 1895 W. St. C. Boscawen Bible & Monuments (1896) 112 The Deluge formed the rubicon between the mythic period and the heroic and polyarchal age. 1915 C. L. de Chambrun Pieces of Game iii. 78 After this incident Ida, who was nearing the rubicon of a thirtieth birthday, altered her policy to one of ‘watchful waiting’. 1954 I. Deutscher Prophet Armed v. 120 Miliukov..described it [sc. the Manifesto] as the crossing by the nation of the rubicon of constitutional government. 2004 R. Dawkins Ancestor's Tale 257 In the case of epidemics, for once there really is a natural rubicon: a critical mass of infections above which the virus..suddenly..increases its rate of spreading. 2. Cards. A target score which increases the penalty of a losing player who fails to reach it, spec. the score of 100 as a critical score in piquet, or 1000 in bezique; the failure of a loser to reach this score. Frequently attributive, designating a variety of bezique or piquet in which such a target operates. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bezique > [noun] > varieties of pinochle1864 Rubicon1873 belote1925 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > piquet > [noun] > varieties of maw1548 centc1555 mount cent1599 Mayo?c1650 cientoc1690 Rubicon1873 klobbiyos1892 Sant1909 1873 ‘Cavendish’ Laws Piquet 53 French piquet is sometimes played without the rubicon. 1882 ‘Cavendish’ (title) The laws of Rubicon piquet, adopted by the Portland Club. 1887 ‘Cavendish’ (title) The Laws of Rubicon Bezique. 1897 R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 438 Rubicon piquet, for two players. The chief difference between this game and the usual form, Piquet au cent, is in the manner of declaring... Rubicons. If either or both players fail to reach 100 points in the six deals, the one having the most is the winner, and adds to his own score all the points made by the loser, with 100 in addition for game. 1929 W. J. Locke Ancestor Jorico xi When he was with us we played a chouette (three players) of Rubicon Bézique for hours together. 1950 L. H. Dawson Hoyle's Games Modernized (ed. 20) 76 It is only necessary to discuss the Rubicon Game, the game of 100 or 101 points being in disuse. 1950 L. H. Dawson Hoyle's Games Modernized (ed. 20) 76 There is another condition, namely, the establishment of 100 as a ‘Rubicon’. 1973 J. Scarne Encycl. Games 604 Rubicon (piquet), failure of the loser of a game to reach 100 points. 1990 Illustr. London News Christmas No. 48/1 A brisk meal, then out with the rubicon bezique cards. We play into the small hours. Phrases to cross (also pass) the Rubicon, to take a decisive or irrevocable step at a critical moment of some undertaking or enterprise. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolve or decide [verb (intransitive)] > take decisive step to cross (also pass) the Rubicon1624 to burn one's bridges (behind one)1860 to burn one's boats1886 1624 J. Reynolds Votivæ Angliæ sig. E If you wil couragiouslie resolve to cut this Gordion knot with Alexander, and to passe this Rubicon with Cæsar, you shall then trulie and tryumphantlie participate of the ones Fame, and of the others Glorie. 1626 Let. 3 Dec. in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) I. 180 Queen Dido did never more importune Æneas's stay at Carthage, than his mother and sister do his continuance here at London... But now he is past the Rubicon. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. ix. 415 Here we haue passed the Rubicon of experimentall knowledge: we are now out of the boundes that experience hath any iurisdiction ouer. 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. iii. i. 26 This noyse may chill your Blood, but mine it warms: We have already past the Rubicon. 1690 J. Crowne Eng. Frier v. 42 I'le be hang'd if this fellow got me. Some Cæsar Pass'd my Mother's Rubicon, wou'd I had his Commentaries. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 252 Giving her to understand..that she had pass'd the Rubicon, that..she had taken such a step of her own Accord. 1727 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. III. iii. 21 Having thus passed the Rubicon (Trent) and set my Face Northward. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. liv. 241 The very soliloquy of Lord Suffolk, before he passed the Rubicon. 1829 S. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 29/2 The moment the punishment passes this Rubicon, it becomes less and less, instead of greater and greater. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. vii. 118 A pause—in which I began to steady the palsy of my nerves, and to feel that the rubicon was passed. 1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret II. vii. 117 He was behindhand in his education, and had not yet passed the intellectual Rubicon of words of two syllables. 1899 North Adams (Mass.) Evening Transcript 22 May 3/4 This naive girl had innocently played into his hands, and now the Rubicon must be crossed. 1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon i. 49 Well, Harriet, we've passed the Rubicon. 1951 L. P. Hartley My Fellow Devils xxxiv. 358 That's that, she thought, almost as if she had crossed some rubicon. 1980 B. Van Der Horst in O. Davies Omni Bk. of Paranormal & Mind v. xxiv. 255 During peak hallucinatory periods, subjects frequently crossed the Rubicon of complete hallucination. 1995 Maturity Feb. 27/1 When I put the canoe down at the water's edge I knew I had crossed my Rubicon. Compounds † Rubicon die n. [alluding to Caesar's words upon crossing the Rubicon iacta alea est ‘the die is cast’ (Suetonius Julius 33; the expression is commonly cited as alea iacta est)] Obsolete rare (in figurative use) a die which, when cast, will determine whether or not a decisive course of action will be undertaken. ΚΠ a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) x. 126 [He] rather thought good to venture upon the cast of a Rubicon Dy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rubiconv. Brit. /ˈruːbɪk(ə)n/, /ˈruːbɪkɒn/, U.S. /ˈrubəˌkɑn/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: Rubicon n. Etymology: < Rubicon n. Cards. transitive. To defeat an opponent whose total score is less than 100 (in piquet) or 1000 (in bezique). Cf. Rubicon n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > piquet > [verb (transitive)] > score capot1651 pique1659 repique1659 rubicon1881 1881 ‘Cavendish’ Laws of Piquet (ed. 2) 53 But if B makes only 99 points, B is rubiconed. 1890 ‘Berkeley’ Bézique & Cribbage 10 If the loser's score, with his brisques, is less than 1,000, he is said to be rubiconed. 1909 E. Wallace Duke in Suburbs iii. ix. 190 I rubiconed him twice, piqued, repiqued, capotted. 1987 J. Feather Reckless Seduction xx. 332 Whichever of them won, it would be a close-run game; no question of either being rubiconed. 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Rubiconn.

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rubiconv.