roin

R1O1I1N1

verb

To growl; to roar.

OriginAnglo-Norman runger →
First used 15th–17th c.Scrabble 4
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Meanings

roin1

verbroin (third-person singular simple present roins, present participle roining, simple past and past participle roined)

present singular third person roins · participle present roining · participle past roined · past roined

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo growl; to roar.First known use 15th–17th c.

    Yet did he murmure with rebellious sound, / And softly royne, when salvage choler gan redound.

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

roin2

nounroin (plural roins)

plural roins

  1. obsoleteA scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot.First known use 15th–16th c.

Origin

roin · verb

  1. Anglo-Normanrunger
  2. Englishroin

From Anglo-Norman runger, ultimately of imitative origin.

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roin · noun

  1. Anglo-Normanroigne
  2. Englishroin

From Anglo-Norman roigne, roin et al., of uncertain origin. Compare roynish.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ironnoirNiroOrinnoriRioninroInor
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APA

roin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roin

MLA

“roin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roin. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roin.

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