rubric
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- rubrick (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle English rubriche, rubrike, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rūbrīca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rubric (plural rubrics)
- A heading in a book highlighted in red.
- A title of a category or a class.
- That would fall under the rubric of things we can ignore for now.
- 2008, Chris Dodd, Senator Dodd Speaks in Opposition to FISA Bill on Floor of U.S. Senate:
- And in one swoop, the Attorney General conceded to the president nearly unlimited power, just as long as he finds a lawyer willing to stuff his actions into the boundless rubric of “defending the country.”
- (Christianity) The directions for a religious service, formerly printed in red letters.
- 1842, Walter Hook, Church Dictionary:
- All the clergy in England solemnly pledge themselves to observe the rubrics.
- An established rule or custom; a guideline.
- 1847-1848, Thomas De Quincey, "Protestantism", in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine
- Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human conceptions before Christianity.
- 1782, William Cowper, “Progress of Error”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC:
- Let Comus rise Archbishop of the land;
Let him your rubric and your feasts prescribe
- 1847-1848, Thomas De Quincey, "Protestantism", in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine
- (education) A set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.
- A flourish after a signature.
- Red ochre.
Synonyms edit
- (flourish after signature): paraph
- See also Thesaurus:class
Derived terms edit
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Translations edit
heading in a book highlighted in red
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category or classification
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established rule or custom, a guideline
printed set of scoring criteria
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Adjective edit
rubric (comparative more rubric, superlative most rubric)
- Coloured or marked with red; placed in rubrics.
- 1735 January 13 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1734), [Alexander] Pope, An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, London: […] J[ohn] Wright for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 11, lines 210–211:
- VVhat tho' my Name ſtood rubric on the vvalls? / Or plaiſter'd poſts, vvith Claps in capitals?
- Of or relating to the rubric or rubrics; rubrical.
Verb edit
rubric (third-person singular simple present rubrics, present participle rubricking, simple past and past participle rubricked)
- (transitive) To adorn with red; to redden.
- 1681, Paul Rycaut, The Critick, translation of original by Lorenzo Gracián:
- That Cavalier who Rubricks his Executions with the Bloud he hath drawn by the instrument of Extortion from the Poor.
- To organise or classify into rubrics
Further reading edit
- “rubric”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “rubric”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.