rubric
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- rubrick (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English rubrich, rubrik, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rubrīca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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.
- 1842, Walter Hook, Church Dictionary
- 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, The Progress of Error
- Let Comus rise Archbishop of the land;
Let him your rubric and your feasts prescribe
- Let Comus rise Archbishop of the land;
- 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.
SynonymsEdit
- See also Thesaurus:class
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
heading in a book highlighted in red
category or classification
established rule or custom, a guideline
printed set of scoring criteria
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AdjectiveEdit
rubric (comparative more rubric, superlative most rubric)
- Coloured or marked with red; placed in rubrics.
- 1735, [Alexander] Pope, An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, London; Dublin: Re-printed by George Faulkner, bookseller, […], OCLC 6363280:
- What though my name stood rubric on the walls / Or plaistered posts, with claps, in capitals?
- Of or relating to the rubric or rubrics; rubrical.
VerbEdit
rubric (third-person singular simple present rubrics, present participle rubricking, simple past and past participle rubricked)
- (transitive) To adorn with red; to redden.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
Further readingEdit
- rubric in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- rubric in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.