rory
See also: Rory
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin rōs / rōris (“dew”).
Adjective edit
rory (comparative more rory, superlative most rory)
- (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 edit
- (covered by dew): dewy, rorid; see also Thesaurus:bedewed
Related terms edit
Translations edit
dewy — see dewy
Etymology 2 edit
Unknown
Adjective edit
rory (comparative more rory, superlative most rory)
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Translations edit
of gaudy, tasteless, or unsubtle colors