单词 | roscid |
释义 | roscidadj. Now rare. Dewy, moist; falling like dew. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > dew > [adjective] dewyc1000 rorid?a1425 dewish1589 rory1596 roral1601 bedewy1607 roscid1626 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §55 The Spirits of the Wine, doe prey vpon the Roscide Iuyce of the Body. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. G3 In a roscid cloud I did espy A Lunar rainbow. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xix. 713 Roscid vapours..are restored..by such things as breed an halituous Blood. 1730–4 D. Waterland Scripture Vind. in Wks. (1843) IV. 183 The falling drops of small roscid rain. 1744 J. Armstrong Art of preserving Health iii. 74 The fine and subtle spirits cost too much To be profus'd, too much the roscid balm. 1819 H. Busk Vestriad i. 312 No shout..Buoys him on tip-toe to their roscid heaven. a1859 W. Watt Poems & Songs (1860) 57 To that saturnian bless'd abode Arise, trip o'er the roscid road. 1916 W. L. George Strangers' Wedding iii. i. 262 She lay upon her side, her face turned towards him, her dark mouth a little open, roscid lips pressed into the pillow. 1960 J. de Vinck tr. St. Bonaventure Wks. I. 186 On our Vine..there blossoms a red and ardent rose: red with the blood of the passion, ardent with the fire of love, roscid with the tears of Jesus most sweet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1626 |
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