Roose

name, verb

name, verb ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To flatter or praise. Scotland, dialectal

    "Ha'e na ye roosed my cheeks like the morning? Ha'e na ye roosed my cherry-red mou?"

  2. 2
    To be proud. Scotland, dialectal

    "I'll cock my nose aboon them a' — I'm roosed by Craigengillan !"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An eastern suburb of Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD2269). countable, uncountable

Example

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"Ha'e na ye roosed my cheeks like the morning? Ha'e na ye roosed my cherry-red mou?"

Etymology

From Middle English rosen (“to boast”), from Old Norse hrósa (“to boast; praise”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōþsōną, from *hrōþaz, *hrōþiz (“fame; glory; praise”). Cognate with Icelandic hrósa, Danish rose, Swedish rosa.

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