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rory

UK/ˈɹɔː.ɹi//ˈɹɔɹ.i/

rory adjective: covered by dew.

Adjective (1)

rory (comparative more rory, superlative most rory)

  1. (obsolete) Covered by dew.
    • On Libanon at first his foot he set,
      And shook his wings with rory May-dew wet.1600, Edward Fairfax, transl., Jerusalem Delivered, i, 14
    • [...] rory end to the regginbrow was to be seen ringsome on the aquaface.1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC, part I, page 3
    Synonyms:
    dewy, rorid

Adjective (2)

rory (comparative more rory, superlative most rory)

  1. (obsolete) Of gaudy, tasteless, or unsubtle colors.

Proper noun capitalized: Rory

IPA/ˈɹɔːɹi/

Rory (plural Rorys or Rories)

  1. A male given name from Irish.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Roderick.
    • Rory Sutherland
  3. A female given name from Irish.
  4. A diminutive of the female given name Aurora.
    • Rory Block

rory meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

rory in Hindi

रोरी, रॉरी

rory in Tamil

ரோரி, ரோறி

rory in Marathi

रोरी, रॉरी

rory in Urdu

روری
More languagesFewer languages
rory in Bengali
রোরি, ররি
rory in Telugu
రోరీ, రోరి
rory in Malayalam
റോറി, റോരി
rory in Kannada
ರೋರಿ, ರೋರೀ, ರೊರಿ
rory in Punjabi
ਰੋਰੀ, ਰੌਰੀ
rory in Gujarati
રોરી, રૉરી
rory in Odia
ରୋରୀ, ରୋରି
rory in Nepali
रोरी, रॉरी

Synonyms of rory

Forms of rory

Adjective
comparativemore rory
superlativemost rory
Proper noun
pluralRorys
pluralRories

Origin of rory

From Latin rōs / rōris (“dew”).

Unknown

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Ruairidh and Irish Ruairí (“red-haired king”), from Old Irish Ruaidrí (“red king”).

Words that rhyme with rory

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Questions about rory

What does rory mean?
Rory means covered by dew.
What is rory in Hindi?
Rory in Hindi is रोरी, रॉरी. See Rory meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is rory?
Rory can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce rory?
Rory is pronounced /ˈɹɔː.ɹi/ (UK).

Words near rory in the dictionary

  1. rorts
  2. rorty
  3. Rortyan
  4. rortyness
  5. rorulent
  6. rory
  7. rory-cum-tory
  8. rory-tory
  9. ROS
  10. ros solis
  11. rosa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rory (page history and authors); Rory (page history and authors); rory (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rory (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rory (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rory (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rory (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rory (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rory (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rory (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rory (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rory (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rory (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rory (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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