ronyon
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French rogne (“scab, mange”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹʌnjən/
- Rhymes: -ʌnjən
Noun
ronyon (plural ronyons)
- (obsolete) A mangy or scabby creature.
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
- 'Aroynt thee, witch!', the rump-fed ronyon cries.
References
- “ronyon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.