roration

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rōrātio (“dewfall”).

Pronunciation

Noun

roration (plural rorations)

  1. Synonym of dewfall.
    With dawn we see the mark of yesternight’s roration.
    • 1810, James Kennedy, Glenochel: A Descriptive Poem in Two Volumes, volume 1, page 50:
      That in the bland rorations calm
      Their luscious redolence receive
      And, with a still, ambrosial balm,
      Aromatize the breath of eve.

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