rore

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noun

dew

OriginLatin rōs, rōris →
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Meanings

nounrore (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountabledew
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    Demeas: Let it bee lawfull for mee (most honorable not onerable paire) awhile to reteyne & deteyne ligate & obligate your eares with my words neither aspersed or inspersed with the flore or rore of eloquence, yee are both like in nature, & in nurture alike in Genius & both alike ingenuous. What Timon refuses Callimela refuses, what Callimela wills Timon also wills, soe that Callimela may not bee but Timons Callimela, and Timon but Callimelas Timon.

    c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dew

Origin

  1. Latinrōs, rōris“dew, moisture”
  2. Englishrore

Borrowed from Latin rōs, rōris (“dew, moisture”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with rore

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Sounds the same

roarraw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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