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roky

English

Etymology

roke +? -y

Adjective

roky (comparative more roky, superlative most roky)

  1. (Britain, dialect) misty; foggy; cloudy
    • 1993, Annie Proulx, The Shipping News, Scribner (1999), ?ISBN, page 40:
      They walked around in the roky damp, in silence.

References

1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words Not Generally Used

Anagrams

  • Kory, York, york

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?rok?]

Noun

roky

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of rok

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rory

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /????.?i/
  • (US) IPA(key): /????.i/

Etymology 1

From Latin r?s / r?ris (“dew”).

Adjective

rory (comparative more rory, superlative most rory)

  1. (obsolete) Covered by dew.
    • 1600, Edward Fairfax (translator), Jerusalem Delivered, i, 14
      On Libanon at first his foot he set,
      And shook his wings with rory May-dew wet.
    • 1939, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, 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

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

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