roose
/ɹˈuz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To be proud.
name
An eastern suburb of Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD2269).
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Ha'e na ye roosed my cheeks like the morning? Ha'e na ye roosed my cherry-red mou?"
- "He roosed my e'en, sae bonnie blue, He roosed my waist sae genty sma' And aye my heart came to my mou' When ne'er a body heard or saw."
- "For some of them ha'e roosed their hawks, And some other their hounds; And some other their ladies fair, As the roosing went the rounds."
- "You will have seen how a' the newspapers roosed the skatin o' an offisher, that they said lived in the Castle."
- "I suld ha'e said ' Ye're a' that's guid,' I suld ha'e sung, ' Ye're a' that's bonnie,' I suld ha'e roosed your race an' bluid — O' a' the three I've ne'er dune ony."
- "They danced round and round their merry Jockie Faw, And roosed the gypsie laddie."