different between rory vs logan

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

English

Etymology 1

Probably cognate with Danish logre, "to wag the tail".

Noun

logan (plural logans)

1. A rocking or balanced stone.

Alternative forms

• loggan
• roggan

Etymology 2

Shortening of pokelogan.

Noun

logan (plural logans)

1. (US, northeastern dialects) A marsh.

Anagrams

• Anglo, Anglo-, Golan, NALGO, along, anglo, anglo-, long a, longa

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?lokan/

Verb

logan

1. first-person singular present indicative of lohkat

Spanish

Verb

logan

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of logar.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of logar.