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rubinalis

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Latin

Etymology

From rubīnus (ruby) + -ālis (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

rubīnālis (neuter rubīnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. ruby, ruby red, rubylike
    Synonym: carbunculāris
    • c. 1462, chapter XII, in Directio speculantis, seu De non aliud, spoken by Ferdinandus:
      Erit igitur carbuncularis id est rubinalis substantia non alia a qualibet cuiusvis carbunculi substantia, cuius quidem extrema ei accidentia, ut sensibilis et materialis est, ipsam consequuntur.
      Therefore, the carbuncular, that is, rubylike substance will be no different from the substance of any carbuncle, whose extreme accidents, as it is sensible and material, follow it.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

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