rosier

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊzi.ə(ɹ)/

Adjective

rosier

1. comparative form of rosy: more rosy

Etymology 2

From Old French rosier. Doublet of rosary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊzjə(ɹ)/, /ˈɹəʊʒə(ɹ)/

Noun

rosier (plural rosiers)

1. (archaic) rosebush
   • 1550, Edward Hall, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, Beyng Long in Continuall Discension for the Croune of this Noble Realme, , London: Rychard Grafton, , →OCLC:

     on the top ſtood five trees: the firſt was an olive tree, on which hanged a ſhield of the armes of the church of Rome; the ſecond was a pyne aple tree, with the arms of the emperor; the third was a roſyer, with the armes of England; the fourth a braunche of lylies, bearing the armes of France; and the fifth a pomegranet tree, bearing the armes of Spayn

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 19:

     Ne other tire ſhe on her head did weare,
     But crowned with a garland of ſweete roſiere.

   • 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: or T N Longman and O Rees, , by Biggs and Cottle, , →OCLC:

     The single nightingale
     Perch’d in the rosier by, so richly ton’d,
     That never from that most melodious bird,
     Singing a love-song to his brooding mate,
     Did Thracian shepherd by the grave
     Of Orpheus hear a sweeter melody

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French rosier. Equivalent to rose +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁo.zje/

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Noun

rosier m (plural rosiers)

1. rosebush

Further reading

• “rosier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Old French

Etymology

rose +‎ -ier

Noun

rosier oblique singular, m (oblique plural rosiers, nominative singular rosiers, nominative plural rosier)

1. rosebush

Descendants

• French: rosier