different between rubric vs rubify

English

Alternative forms

• rubrick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English rubrich, rubrik, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rubr?ca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?rewd?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u?b??k/

Noun

rubric (plural rubrics)

1. A heading in a book highlighted in red.
2. A title of a category or a class.

   That would fall under the rubric of things we can ignore for now.
3. (Christianity) The directions for a religious service, formerly printed in red letters.
   • 1842, Walter Hook, Church Dictionary

     All the clergy in England solemnly pledge themselves to observe the rubrics.

4. An established rule or custom; a guideline.
   • 1847,Thomas De Quincey, Protestantism (published in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine)

     Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human conceptions before Christianity.

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5. (education) A set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.
6. A flourish after a signature.
7. Red ochre.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:class

Related terms

• rubricate
• rubicund

Translations

Adjective

rubric (comparative more rubric, superlative most rubric)

1. Coloured or marked with red; placed in rubrics.
2. Of or relating to the rubric or rubrics; rubrical.

Verb

rubric (third-person singular simple present rubrics, present participle rubricking, simple past and past participle rubricked)

1. (transitive) To adorn with red; to redden.

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Further reading

• rubric in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• rubric in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• rubefy

Etymology

From French rubéfier.

Verb

rubify (third-person singular simple present rubifies, present participle rubifying, simple past and past participle rubified)

1. (rare, transitive) to make red; to cause to redden
2. (rare, intransitive) to redden; to become red

   • waters rubifying

Related terms

• rubicund
• rubific
• rubric