different between rube vs rubelike

English

Alternative forms

• Reub

Etymology

Generic use of the name Rube.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ro?ob, IPA^(key): /?u?b/
• Rhymes: -u?b

Noun

rube (plural rubes)

1. (US, Canada, informal) A person of rural heritage; a yokel.
2. (derogatory) An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.

Translations

Anagrams

• Brue, Bure, Uber, buer, bure, ebru, erub, uber, uber-, über-

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?rub?]
• Rhymes: -ub?
• Hyphenation: ru?be

Noun

rube

1. vocative singular of rub

Verb

rube

1. third-person singular present indicative of rubat

Alternative forms

• rubá

Anagrams

• beru
• erbu
• uber

Latin

Noun

rube

1. vocative singular of rubus

Middle English

Noun

rube

1. Alternative form of ruby

English

Etymology

rube +? -like

Adjective

rubelike (comparative more rubelike, superlative most rubelike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a rube (unsophisticated person or yokel).
   • 2005, F Paul Pacult, A double scotch: how Chivas Regal and The Glenlivet became global icons

     Feeling that their “hairy-kneed,” tartan-wearing, rubelike Highland competitors were being given unfair advantage...