roration

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rōrātio (“dewfall”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: rôrāʹshən, IPA^(key): /rəʊˈreɪʃən/
(General American) IPA^(key): /rəˈreɪʃən/

Noun

roration (plural rorations)

Synonym of dewfall
With dawn we see the mark of yesternight’s roration.
- 1810, James Kennedy, Glenochel: A Descriptive Poem in Two Volumes, volume 1, page 50:
  That in the bland rorations calm
  Their luscious redolence receive
  And, with a still, ambrosial balm,
  Aromatize the breath of eve.

Related terms

rore (obsolete)

References

The Universal Etymological English Dictionary (1727), volume II of An Universal Etymological English Dictionary (1721), by Nathaniel Bailey
A Falling of Dew.
“roˈration²” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary

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