Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to dew, or consisting of dew; dewy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Of or pertaining to dew; consisting of dew; dewy.
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- adjective Relating to
dew ;dewy .
Etymologies
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Latin ros, roris, dew.
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Examples
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"It is," he remarked with solemn emphasis, "the homologous peculiar of the night, -- the rectifier of the fancy, -- the parent of pleasant dreams, -- the handmaid of digestion, -- and the lullaby of the brain: in its nature essentially anti-roral; friendly to peristaltics and vermiculars; and, in its influence upon the body, jocund and sedative."
Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. 1832
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