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aroost

adv

Etymology

From a- (“on”) + roost.

  1. inherited from *hrōstaz✻ — “wooden framework; grill”
  2. inherited from *hrōst✻
  3. inherited from hrōst — “wooden framework of a roof; roost”
  4. inherited from roste — “chicken's roost; perch”
  5. prefixed as aroost — “a + roost”

Definitions

  1. Of a bird, roosting.

    • But anyone with that many large brown birds aroost in his cranium and that much gas in his bottom was clearly not a well person.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA