rivery
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɪvəɹi/
- Rhymes: -ɪvəɹi
Adjective
rivery (comparative more rivery, superlative most rivery)
- Having rivers.
- a rivery country
- Resembling or characteristic of a river; riverlike.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 10 p. 159:
- Thy full and youthfull breasts, which in their meadowy pride,
Are brancht with rivery veines, Meander-like that glide.
References
- “rivery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Yola
Etymology
Derived from Middle English ryver (“spoiler”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɪvəriː/
Noun
rivery
- Sported or freak grains which spoil the produce.
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)[1], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 135