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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rōs, rōris (“dew, moisture”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rore (uncountable)
- (obsolete) dew
c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :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.
References
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
rōre
- ablative singular of rōs
Maori
Noun
rore
- rainbow
Sahu
Pronunciation
Noun
rore
- gravel, pebbles
- Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)
References
- Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987) Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill
Ternate
Pronunciation
Noun
rore
- gravel
- foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh