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English
Etymology
From Latin rubēdō (“redness”).
Noun
rubedo (uncountable)
- (medicine) A diffused redness of the skin; blushing or flushing.
- (alchemy) A "reddening" process, the fourth and final major stage of the alchemical magnum opus.
- Synonym: iosis
- Coordinate terms: albedo, citrinitas, nigredo
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From rubeō (“I am red”) + -ēdō.
Pronunciation
Noun
rubēdō f (genitive rubēdinis); third declension
- redness
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “rubedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "rubedo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- rubedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- rubedo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016