Etymology

roynish

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Today it means: Mangy; scabby. Full definition →

French rogneux
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  1. French · derived fromrogneux
  2. English todayroynish

French rogneux, from rogne (“scab, mange, itch”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.