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rubied

[roo-beed]

adjective

  1. having a color like that of a ruby; deep red.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of rubied1

First recorded in 1600–10; ruby + -ed 3
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Example Sentences

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Harry seized it by its rubied hilt and touched the tip of the blade to a silver flagon nearby, which did not multiply.

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They both looked at the ornate silver sword, its rubied hilt glinting a little in the light from Hermione’s wand.

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Romantic obsession is treated with equal verve: After tearing apart a parcel of fleshy figs, a gift from the object of her affections, Tess relishes that “lust rubied my blood, gave me the gait of an uncaught criminal.”

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"D—— his eyes," said Charles, crumpling the paper to a perfumed ball, and flicking it towards the undulating surface of the elderly bagman's rubied nose.

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Below, the lovely planet-deflected images formed rainbow curves like rubied necklaces about her invisible neck.

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