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routh

/ɹaʊθ/

routh noun: plenty, abundance.

Noun

routh

  1. (dialectal) Plenty, abundance.
    • he would cross th' Atlantic Ocean, And seek the land of Spanish Main; And there amass a routh of treasure, And then come back with bosom leal To his own Marjory, and release her From rock and reel and spinning wheel.1863, John Mackay Wilson, Wilson's Tales of the Borders ..., page 89
    • There was more vodka in McNiel's story of the dinner and a routh of good talk between the little man and him- self. McNiel well remembered Nikolai and Stepan joining them when the time came for Auld Lang Syne, but the one fact of the evening he could never remember was whether he went[…]1913, The Living Age, page 808

Proper noun capitalized: Routh

Routh (countable and uncountable, plural Rouths)

  1. A village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
  2. A surname from English
  3. A surname from the South Asian languages
  4. A unisex given name.
    1. A female given name, variant of Ruth.

Forms of routh

pluralRouths

Questions about routh

What does routh mean?
Routh means plenty, abundance.
What part of speech is routh?
Routh can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce routh?
Routh is pronounced /ɹaʊθ/.

Words near routh in the dictionary

  1. routers on sticks
  2. routes
  3. routes of administration
  4. routeway
  5. routeways
  6. routh
  7. Routhier
  8. routhierite
  9. Routhiers
  10. Rouths
  11. routier

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