Definitions
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- Dewy.
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- adjective rare Dewy; bedewed.
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- adjective
dewy ;bedewed
Etymologies
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Latin roridus, from ros, roris, dew.
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(adjective) - (1) Dewy.
--Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828
(2) Rorigenous, produced of dew. Rorifluous, flowing with dew; adaptation of Latin rorifluus.
--Nathaniel Bailey's Etymological English Dictionary, 1749
(3) May-dew, dew of May, supposed to have the property of whitening linen, of preserving beauty, and of affording a red odiferous spirit by distillation.
--T. Ellwood Zell's Encyclopedia of Knowledge and Language, 1871
January 14, 2018