Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- See roinish.
Wiktionary
- adj. obsolete Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. obsolete Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome.
Etymologies
- French rogneux, from rogne scab, mange, itch. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“A strange guide this, thought Edward, and not much unlike one of Shakespeare's roynish clowns.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘roynish’.
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135 Offensive Shakespearean Terms
135 Offensive Shakespearean Terms =)
artless, baggage, barnacle, bawdy, beef-witted, bladder, boil-brained, bootless, brazen, cankerblossom, churlish, churrish and 123 more...
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Ye Olde Shouting Match
From a list of insulting words that you might encounter in a Middle English shouting match.
The list was given to me by my English teacher.bawdy, bunch-backed, canker-blossom, brazen, clay-brained, clotpole, churlish, dog-hearted, crutch, distempered, empty-hearted, cutpurse and 78 more...
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