Rore

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: rôr, IPA: /ɹɔə/

Origin

From rōr-, the stem of the Latin rōs ("dew”, “moisture").

Full definition of rore

Noun

1. (obsolete) dew
• circa 1600: William Shakespeare, , act III, scene VDemeas: Let it bee lawfull for mee (most honorable not onerable paire) awhile to reteyne & deteyne ligate & obligate your eares with my words neither aspersed or inspersed with the flore or rore of eloquence, yee are both like in nature, & in nurture alike in Genius & both alike ingenuous. What Timon refuses Callimela refuses, what Callimela wills Timon also wills, soe that Callimela may not bee but Timons Callimela, and Timon but Callimelas Timon.

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