rory

See also: Rory

English

WOTD – 17 November 2014

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɔː.ɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɔɹ.i/

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Etymology 1

From Latin rōs / rōris (“dew”).

Adjective

rory (comparative more rory, superlative most rory)

1. (obsolete) Covered by dew.
   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, transl., Jerusalem Delivered, i, 14:

     On Libanon at first his foot he set,
     And shook his wings with rory May-dew wet.

   • 1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC, part I, page 3:

     [...] rory end to the regginbrow was to be seen ringsome on the aquaface.

Synonyms

• (covered by dew): dewy, rorid; see also Thesaurus:bedewed

Related terms

• rore
• rorid

Translations

dewy — see dewy

Etymology 2

Unknown

Adjective

rory (comparative more rory, superlative most rory)

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

Related terms

• rory-cum-tory
• rory-tory
• tory-rory

Translations

of gaudy, tasteless, or unsubtle colors