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rory en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɔː.ɹi/ (UK)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɹɔɹ.i/ (US)

Etymology

From Latin rōs / rōris (“dew”).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Covered by dew.
    • [...] rory end to the regginbrow was to be seen ringsome on the aquaface. 1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC, part I, page 3:
    • On Libanon at first his foot he set, And shook his wings with rory May-dew wet. 1600, Edward Fairfax, transl., Jerusalem Delivered, i, 14:

Forms

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more rory Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most rory Degree=Sup lexicographic

Relateds

rorid · rore

Synonyms

dewy (covered by dew) · rorid

rory en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɔː.ɹi/ (UK)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɹɔɹ.i/ (US)

Etymology

Unknown

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Of gaudy, tasteless, or unsubtle colors.

Forms

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more rory Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most rory Degree=Sup lexicographic

Relateds

rory-cum-tory · rory-tory · tory-rory