rosier
See also: Rosier
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
rosier
- comparative form of rosy: more rosy
Etymology 2 edit
From Old French rosier. Doublet of rosary.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rosier (plural rosiers)
- (archaic) rosebush
- 1550, Edward Hall, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, Beyng Long in Continuall Discension for the Croune of this Noble Realme, […], London: […] Rychard Grafton, […] [and Steven Mierdman], →OCLC:
- on the top ſtood five trees: the firſt was an olive tree, on which hanged a ſhield of the armes of the church of Rome; the ſecond was a pyne aple tree, with the arms of the emperor; the third was a roſyer, with the armes of England; the fourth a braunche of lylies, bearing the armes of France; and the fifth a pomegranet tree, bearing the armes of Spayn
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 19:
- Ne other tire ſhe on her head did weare,
But crowned with a garland of ſweete roſiere.
- 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC:
- The single nightingale
Perch’d in the rosier by, so richly ton’d,
That never from that most melodious bird,
Singing a love-song to his brooding mate,
Did Thracian shepherd by the grave
Of Orpheus hear a sweeter melody
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French rosier. Equivalent to rose + -ier.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rosier m (plural rosiers)
Further reading edit
- “rosier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
rosier oblique singular, m (oblique plural rosiers, nominative singular rosiers, nominative plural rosier)
Descendants edit
- French: rosier