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roon

roon noun: a shred or remnant (usually of cloth).

Noun

roon (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) A shred or remnant (usually of cloth).
    • In thae auld times, they thought the moon, just like a sark, or pair of shoon, wore by degrees, til her last roon gaed past their viewing […]1867, Robert Burns, edited by William P. Nimmo, The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Including His Correspondence, Etc., volume 1, Edinburgh: J.R. Osgood and Company, page 89

Adjective

roon (not comparable)

  1. Having red or vermilion color.
    • Her face was like the lily roon.1885, Asahel Clark Kendrick, editor, Our Poetical Favorites: A Selection from the Best Minor Poems of the English Language, volume 1, J.R. Osgood and Company, page 300

Questions about roon

What does roon mean?
Roon means a shred or remnant (usually of cloth).
What part of speech is roon?
Roon can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near roon in the dictionary

  1. roomth
  2. roomthy
  3. roomward
  4. roomwise
  5. roomy
  6. roon
  7. rooned
  8. Rooney
  9. Rooneyesque
  10. roop
  11. Roopa

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