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Definition of Roric

1. a. Of or pertaining to dew; resembling dew; dewy.

Definition of Roric

1. Adjective. Resembling or pertaining to dew; dewy. ¹

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Definition of Roric

1. dewy [adj] - See also: dewy

Medical Definition of Roric

1. Of or pertaining to dew; resembling dew; dewy. Roric figures, figures which appear upon a polished surface, as glass, when objects which have been near to, or in contact with, the surface are removed and the surface breathed upon. Synonym: Moser's images. Origin: L. Ros, roris, dew. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Roric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Normandy and of England by Francis Palgrave (1878)
"Lothair calculated that he might thus rely upon estranging roric from the Danish people; and another precedent was afforded for future establishment in ..."

2. Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom by Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) (1874)
"The seventeenth, Uffo mysterious and brave as he was during his father's reign, is, after his accession to the throne, no better than roric. ..."

3. Two Dissertations on the Hamlet of Saxo Grammaticus and of Shakespear by Robert Gordon Latham (1872)
"The seventeenth, Uffo mysterious and brave as he was during his father's reign, is, after his accession to the throne, no better than roric. ..."

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