rudera
/ˈruːd(ə)rə/Now rare
noun
Treated as plural. Fragments or ruins of a building.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in George Abbot (1562–1633), archbishop of Canterbury. From classical Latin rūdera, plural of rūdus broken stone, of uncertain origin; probably related to rudis.
- colour saturation
- colour scheme
- colour scheming
- colour screen
- colour section
- colour sense
- colour-sensitive
- colour sensitiveness
- colour sensitivity
- colour-sensitized
- colour sensitizer
- colour separation
- colour sergeant
- colour service
- colour shop
- colour slide
- colour snap
- colour solid
- colour space
- colour suite
- colour supplement
- colour symmetry
- colour television
- colour temperature
- colour therapist