The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rubious
Rubious \Ru"bi*ous\, a. [L. rubeus, fr. rubere to be red. See
Rouge.]
Red; ruddy. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Wiktionary
rubious
a. (context obsolete English) red; ruddy
Usage examples of "rubious".
Kamahl rode Roth, whose rubious scales had been scratched to a dull gray by ever-present sand.
Fugacious rainbows rippled along reptilian convolutions like oil spilled on water: rubious, rubicelle, aureate, viridescent, argent, cerulean.