Etymology

rosc

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Today it means: An ancient form of unrhymed Old Irish verse that uses alliteration and meter. Full definition →

Irish rosc ← Old Irish rosc
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The story

  1. Old Irish · derived fromrosc“short poem, ode”
  2. Irish · learned borrowing fromrosc“rhetorical composition”
  3. English todayrosc

Learned borrowing from Irish rosc (“rhetorical composition”), from Old Irish rosc (“short poem, ode”).

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