† rubiferousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin rubi- , -ferous comb. form.

Etymology: Irregularly < classical Latin rubi- (in e.g. rubicundus rubicund adj.) + -ferous comb. form. Compare scientific Latin rubifer (1775 as a specific name in zoology).

Obsolete.

Reddish; red-faced.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] > of face > with good living

rubicund1575

brandy-burnt1838

rubiferous1841

brandy-faced1861

1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk II. 168 Mrs. Bibulus, the respectable and rubiferous landlady.

1899 J. A. Ormar William Wakefield i. xiv. 105 ‘I tell you’, issued from the rubiferous thicket of Burns' whiskers, ‘that no long-legged, tobacco-fed goat..can beat Tim Burns at croquet.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	rubiferous
释义	† rubiferousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin rubi- , -ferous comb. form. Etymology: Irregularly < classical Latin rubi- (in e.g. rubicundus rubicund adj.) + -ferous comb. form. Compare scientific Latin rubifer (1775 as a specific name in zoology). Obsolete. Reddish; red-faced. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] > of face > with good living rubicund1575 brandy-burnt1838 rubiferous1841 brandy-faced1861 1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk II. 168 Mrs. Bibulus, the respectable and rubiferous landlady. 1899 J. A. Ormar William Wakefield i. xiv. 105 ‘I tell you’, issued from the rubiferous thicket of Burns' whiskers, ‘that no long-legged, tobacco-fed goat..can beat Tim Burns at croquet.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1841
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