ronyon

English

Alternative forms

• ronion

Etymology

From French rogne (“scab, mange”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌnjən/
• Rhymes: -ʌnjən

Noun

ronyon (plural ronyons)

1. A mangy or scabby creature.
   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

     'Aroynt thee, witch!', the rump-fed ronyon cries.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ronyon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)