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roynish

adj

Etymology

French rogneux, from rogne (“scab, mange, itch”).

  1. derived from rogneux

Definitions

  1. Mangy

    Mangy; scabby.

  2. Mean, paltry, vulgar or troublesome.

    • My lord, the roynish clown, at whom so oft Your Grace was wont to laugh, is also missing.
    • Their voices had a roynish sound that grated on Covenant's nerves—he had too many horrid memories of urviles—but he suppressed his discomfort

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for roynish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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