How to pronounce rubricator
American English pronunciation
ROO-brih-kay-ter
- IPA
- /ˈɹubɹɪˌkeɪtɚ/
- Syllables
- ROO · brih · kay · ter (4 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What rubricator means
A scribe who added red headings to handwritten books
In a sentence: The rubricator dipped his pen in red ink to letter each chapter title.
Where it comes from: It comes from rubricate, to mark something in red, which goes back to a Latin word for red.
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