† roriferousadj.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Italian, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Italian rorifero , -ous suffix; Latin rōrifer , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < Italian rorifero (1545 in the passage translated in quot. 1592) and its etymon classical Latin rōrifer bringing light rain or dew ( < rōri- , alternative stem of rōr- , rōs dew (see rore n.) + fer -fer comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier rorid adj.

Obsolete.

Bringing or bearing dew, or (in extended use) a comparable liquid.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > dew > [adjective] > bringing dew

roriferous1592

1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 37 The incredible sweetnesse of hir musicall and consonant voyce, conueighed in the roriferous ayre [It. rorifere aure].

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Roriferous, that makes or brings dew.

1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants ii. i. iii. 67 The Succus or Sap they carry, seems to be a kind of Dewy Vapour, therefore, they may not improperly be called Roriferous or Vapour-Vessels.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Roriferous-Duct, q. d. Dew-dropping Pipe; a Name given the Thoracick Duct, from its slow Manner of conveying..the Chyle into the common Stream of Blood.

1823 J. F. Pennie Rogvald xi. 268 Then let us by the morn's roriferous dawn March forward to the noble strife of arms.

1846 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 6) 656/1 Roriferous, epithet given to vessels which pour exhaled fluids on the surface of organs.

1874 H. A. Squires Vision Other Worlds xxv. 168 Their small teeth were as glittering pearls inclosed by slightly pouting lips of roriferous coral.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	roriferous
释义	† roriferousadj. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Italian, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Italian rorifero , -ous suffix; Latin rōrifer , -ous suffix. Etymology: < Italian rorifero (1545 in the passage translated in quot. 1592) and its etymon classical Latin rōrifer bringing light rain or dew ( < rōri- , alternative stem of rōr- , rōs dew (see rore n.) + fer -fer comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier rorid adj. Obsolete. Bringing or bearing dew, or (in extended use) a comparable liquid. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > dew > [adjective] > bringing dew roriferous1592 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 37 The incredible sweetnesse of hir musicall and consonant voyce, conueighed in the roriferous ayre [It. rorifere aure]. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Roriferous, that makes or brings dew. 1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants ii. i. iii. 67 The Succus or Sap they carry, seems to be a kind of Dewy Vapour, therefore, they may not improperly be called Roriferous or Vapour-Vessels. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Roriferous-Duct, q. d. Dew-dropping Pipe; a Name given the Thoracick Duct, from its slow Manner of conveying..the Chyle into the common Stream of Blood. 1823 J. F. Pennie Rogvald xi. 268 Then let us by the morn's roriferous dawn March forward to the noble strife of arms. 1846 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 6) 656/1 Roriferous, epithet given to vessels which pour exhaled fluids on the surface of organs. 1874 H. A. Squires Vision Other Worlds xxv. 168 Their small teeth were as glittering pearls inclosed by slightly pouting lips of roriferous coral. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1592
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