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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread roynish #142639 05/05/2005 3:18 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass (forgive me for yet another foray into "worthless words"..) the worthless word for the day is: roynish [fr. ME roin, scurf, scab + ish; fr. (assumed) Vulgar Latin ronea(?)] archaic mangy, scabby; (thus) coarse, mean, base My Lord, the roynish Clown, at whom so oft Your Grace was wont to laugh, is also missing. - Shakespeare, As You Like It OED gives origin unknown for roin, while W3 assumes royne is from VL ronea (which it doesn't deign to gloss, going on to say "influenced by rodere, to gnaw"). so what's the meaning of ronea then? -joe (not so obvious) f. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: roynish #142640 05/05/2005 3:28 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York I can't answer your question but I'm glad to see you back among the rabble. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: roynish #142641 05/05/2005 6:43 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Can I second 'er indoors - you are much missed! (and also alack I can contribute nowt to your current quest - is Bing able to get here now?) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: roynish #142642 05/05/2005 10:09 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 It's in neither my Primer of Medieval Latin nor Feelthy Words in Latin. Sorry, boss. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: roynish #142643 05/05/2005 11:12 PM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada Elizabeth Creith addict Elizabeth Creith addict Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada This is becaus "roin" is actually onomatopoeic in origin. It's the sound a big gold coin makes when you drop it and it does that little spinning thing before landing one or the other side up - you know "roin-roin-roinroinroinroin clunk!" A "roynish" fool was obviously someone who couldn't catch the coins thrown him and dropped them on the tiles where they roined around. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: roynish #142644 05/05/2005 11:23 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,396 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 14 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,217 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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