rosier
See also: Rosier
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊzi.ə(ɹ)/
Adjective
rosier
- comparative form of rosy: more rosy
Etymology 2
From Old French rosier. Doublet of rosary.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊzjə(ɹ)/, /ˈɹəʊʒə(ɹ)/
Noun
rosier (plural rosiers)
- (archaic) rosebush
- 1550, Edward Hall, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, Beyng Long in Continuall Discension for the Croune of this Noble Realme, […], London: […] Rychard Grafton, […] [and Steven Mierdman], OCLC 1112934976:
- on the top ſtood five trees: the firſt was an olive tree, on which hanged a ſhield of the armes of the church of Rome; the ſecond was a pyne aple tree, with the arms of the emperor; the third was a roſyer, with the armes of England; the fourth a braunche of lylies, bearing the armes of France; and the fifth a pomegranet tree, bearing the armes of Spayn
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, page 19:
- Ne other tire ſhe on her head did weare,
But crowned with a garland of ſweete roſiere.
- 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], OCLC 277545047:
- The single nightingale
Perch’d in the rosier by, so richly ton’d,
That never from that most melodious bird,
Singing a love-song to his brooding mate,
Did Thracian shepherd by the grave
Of Orpheus hear a sweeter melody
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French
Etymology
From Old French rosier. Equivalent to rose + -ier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁo.zje/
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Noun
rosier m (plural rosiers)
- rosebush
Further reading
- “rosier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
rose + -ier
Noun
rosier m (oblique plural rosiers, nominative singular rosiers, nominative plural rosier)
- rosebush
Descendants
- French: rosier