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Definition of Roinish
1. a. See Roynish.
Definition of Roinish
1. Adjective. (obsolete form of roynish) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Roinish
1. mangy [adj] - See also: mangy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roinish
Literary usage of Roinish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lean's Collectanea by Vincent Stuckey Lean, Julia Lucy Woodward (1903)
"The sloven and the careless man, the roinish nothing nice, To lodge in chamber
comely deckt are seldom suffer'd twice. ..."
2. Apocalyptic Sketches: Lectures on the Book of Revelation ; First and Second by John Cumming (1855)
"... by the roinish Jesuits; and if the Revolutionists availed themselves of their
sanction, it was no more than might have beon anticipated. ..."
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