rubiginous
/rʊˈbɪdʒɪnəs
/adjective technical or literary
Rust-coloured.Quinn's work - to some repellent, to others gorgeously rich with its deep rubiginous colouring and mottled patina - caused a stir when revealed to a large audience at the Royal Academy's Sensation! show in 1997.
Origin
Late 17th century: from Latin rubigo, rubigin- 'rust' + -ous.
Rhymes
- the Grampians
- the Grand Manner
- the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence)
- the Great
- the great and the good
- the great Australian dream
- the Great Depression
- the Great Game
- the Great Mogul
- the (great) unwashed
- the green-eyed monster
- the Greensand
- the Grenadines
- the Grim Reaper
- the groves of Academe
- the Gulf
- the half of it
- the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
- the Hanse
- the hard way
- the heavens open
- the heavy mob
- the Herdsman
- the high ground
- the Highlands