roon

See also: ro-on

English

Adjective

roon (comparative more roon, superlative most roon)

1. (obsolete) red
   • J. R. Drake

     Her face was like the lily roon.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “roon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Noor, Noro

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish rún.

Noun

roon m (genitive singular roon, plural roonyn)

1. rune

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /run/

Adjective

roon (comparative rooner, superlative roonest)

1. Alternative form of roond

Preposition

roon

1. Alternative form of roond

Adverb

roon (comparative rooner, superlative roonest)

1. Alternative form of roond

Noun

roon (plural roons)

1. Alternative form of roond
2. A rim or border.

Verb

roon (third-person singular simple present roons, present participle roonin, simple past roont, past participle roont)

1. Alternative form of roond