ronyon
English
Alternative forms
- ronion
Etymology
From French rogne (“scab, mange”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹʌnjən/
- Rhymes: -ʌnjən
Noun
ronyon (plural ronyons)
- A mangy or scabby creature.
- c. 1599-1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 3, 1990, Nicholas Brooke (editor), The Oxford Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Macbeth, Oxford World's Classics, page 100,
- 'Aroynt thee, witch!', the rump-fed ronyon cries.
- c. 1599-1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 3, 1990, Nicholas Brooke (editor), The Oxford Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Macbeth, Oxford World's Classics, page 100,
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ronyon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)