rosc
rosc noun: an ancient form of unrhymed Old Irish verse that uses alliteration and meter.
Noun (1)
rosc (countable and uncountable, plural roscada)
- An ancient form of unrhymed Old Irish verse that uses alliteration and meter.
- Liam Breatnach observed in an important article (Breatnach 1984, with references) that 'Old Irish texts appear in three forms: prose, rhyming syllabic verse, and rosc. The simplest definition of rosc is that it is neither of the other two.'1995, Calvert Watkins, How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics, →ISBN, page 255
- Elsewhere we find descriptions of the most archaic Irish poetry, the passages of obscure poetry called rosc. Sigerson analyzes rosc as rhythmical though unrhymed verse designed to express or to stir up vehement enthusiasm and claims it is the first example of blank verse (Bards of the Gael and Gall...1997, Maria Tymoczko, The Irish Ulysses, →ISBN, page 307
Noun (2) capitalized: ROSC
ROSC (uncountable)
- Initialism of return of spontaneous circulation.
Examples of rosc in a sentence
- Elsewhere we find descriptions of the most archaic Irish poetry, the passages of obscure poetry called rosc.1997, Maria Tymoczko, The Irish Ulysses, →ISBN, page 307:
- Likewise, the 'Cauldron of poesy' and 'Bretha Déin Chécht' both contain prose, rosc, and rhyming syllabic verse.2005, Theodore William Moody, Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Francis X. Martin, A New History of Ireland - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 446:
Forms of rosc
| plural | roscada |
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Origin of rosc
Learned borrowing from Irish rosc (“rhetorical composition”), from Old Irish rosc (“short poem, ode”).
Questions about rosc
- What does rosc mean?
- Rosc means an ancient form of unrhymed Old Irish verse that uses alliteration and meter.
- How do you use rosc in a sentence?
- Elsewhere we find descriptions of the most archaic Irish poetry, the passages of obscure poetry called rosc.
- What part of speech is rosc?
- Rosc is a noun.
- What is the plural of rosc?
- The plural of rosc is roscada.
Words near rosc in the dictionary
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