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English
Etymology
Latin rubifōrmis, from ruber (“red”) + -fōrmis.
Adjective
rubiform (comparative more rubiform, superlative most rubiform)
- (archaic) reddish
1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. , London: Sam Smith, and Benj Walford, printers to the Royal Society, , →OCLC:the rubiform rays of the sun
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