† roveryn.¹

Forms: 1500s rouerye, 1600s roverie, 1600s rovery.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a Dutch lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Middle Low German lexical item. Etymons: rover n.¹, -y suffix³.

Etymology: < rover n.¹ + -y suffix³ (see -ery suffix), probably after Middle Dutch rōverīe or its cognate Middle Low German rōverīe (see reavery n.). Compare Middle Dutch seerōverīe (Dutch zeeroverij), Middle Low German sērȫverīe, all in sense ‘piracy’, lit. ‘sea-robbery’.

Obsolete.

= piracy n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > piracy > [noun]

scummerfare1358

pirating1526

piratry1526

piracya1552

rovery1575

roving1585

picarooning1727

sea-roving1841

piratism1882

1575 T. Newton tr. C. A. Curione Notable Hist. Saracens iii. f. 139 A Turkishe Pyrate..practized muche Pyracie and rouerye about the Coastes of Sicilie [L. Siciliae..littora infestauit].

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xl. xlii. 1086 He laid the whole fault of all the roverie and piracie at sea [L. latrocinii omnis maritimi] upon Gentius the king of the Illyrians.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 205 These Norwegians who with their manifold roberies and roveries [L. latrocinii frequentioribus] did most hurt.

1663 J. Heath Brief Chron. Late Intestine War (new ed.) ii. 615 The Commonalty, who had suffered much by English Sea Rovery.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† roveryn.²

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rove v.², -ery suffix.

Etymology: < rove v.² (see rove v.² 7; compare later rove v.² 10) + -ery suffix. Compare earlier reverie n. II. and ravery n. Compare earlier (in more general sense) roving n.¹ 2 and rove n.³ 1. Compare also earlier roving adj. and later rove n.³ 2a.

Scottish. Obsolete. rare.

An act of straying in thought; a mental wandering; the fact of wandering in this way.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering

wandering1362

roamingc1390

roving?1520

error1594

rangling1594

wanderment1597

rambling1622

rolling1624

vagancy1641

roverya1653

pervagation1656

oberration1658

vagrancya1677

stravaiging1825

scamander1873

outwandering1880

a1653 H. Binning Sinners Sanctuary (1670) iv. 41 How many impertinences, and roveries, and wandrings.

1697 W. Jameson Nazianzeni Querela 81 Who in his Wit will..fall into the rovery of our Author, who calls these Commissioners temporary Bishops.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	rovery
释义	† roveryn.¹ Forms: 1500s rouerye, 1600s roverie, 1600s rovery. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a Dutch lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Middle Low German lexical item. Etymons: rover n.¹, -y suffix³. Etymology: < rover n.¹ + -y suffix³ (see -ery suffix), probably after Middle Dutch rōverīe or its cognate Middle Low German rōverīe (see reavery n.). Compare Middle Dutch seerōverīe (Dutch zeeroverij), Middle Low German sērȫverīe, all in sense ‘piracy’, lit. ‘sea-robbery’. Obsolete. = piracy n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > piracy > [noun] scummerfare1358 pirating1526 piratry1526 piracya1552 rovery1575 roving1585 picarooning1727 sea-roving1841 piratism1882 1575 T. Newton tr. C. A. Curione Notable Hist. Saracens iii. f. 139 A Turkishe Pyrate..practized muche Pyracie and rouerye about the Coastes of Sicilie [L. Siciliae..littora infestauit]. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xl. xlii. 1086 He laid the whole fault of all the roverie and piracie at sea [L. latrocinii omnis maritimi] upon Gentius the king of the Illyrians. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 205 These Norwegians who with their manifold roberies and roveries [L. latrocinii frequentioribus] did most hurt. 1663 J. Heath Brief Chron. Late Intestine War (new ed.) ii. 615 The Commonalty, who had suffered much by English Sea Rovery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † roveryn.² Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rove v.², -ery suffix. Etymology: < rove v.² (see rove v.² 7; compare later rove v.² 10) + -ery suffix. Compare earlier reverie n. II. and ravery n. Compare earlier (in more general sense) roving n.¹ 2 and rove n.³ 1. Compare also earlier roving adj. and later rove n.³ 2a. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. An act of straying in thought; a mental wandering; the fact of wandering in this way. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering wandering1362 roamingc1390 roving?1520 error1594 rangling1594 wanderment1597 rambling1622 rolling1624 vagancy1641 roverya1653 pervagation1656 oberration1658 vagrancya1677 stravaiging1825 scamander1873 outwandering1880 a1653 H. Binning Sinners Sanctuary (1670) iv. 41 How many impertinences, and roveries, and wandrings. 1697 W. Jameson Nazianzeni Querela 81 Who in his Wit will..fall into the rovery of our Author, who calls these Commissioners temporary Bishops. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.¹1575n.²a1653
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