See Also: rubiacin(medicine)

frankness (iou) and rubiacin (medicine)


frankness (iou)



frankness noun. M16.
[from FRANK adjective1 + -NESS.]
Freedom of manner or approach; candour, ingenuousness, openness; spec. outspokenness. M16.
J. Tyndall I shall offend them..by my frankness in stating this.
Bounteousness, generosity. L16-M18.
Freedom of artistic expression. L18.

rubiacin (medicine)


rubiacin
<chemistry> A substance found in madder root, and probably identical with ruberythrinic acid.

Origin: L. Rubia madder, fr. Rubeus = red.

Source: Websters Dictionary