† ˈrorid, a. Obs.
Also 7 roride.
[ad. L. rōridus, f. rōr-, rōs dew.]
Dewy; of the nature of dew.
Very common in 17th cent., esp. in rorid cloud.
| 1602 Dekker Satirom. Wks. 1873 I. 228 Rorid cloudes being suckt into the Ayre. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 345 The Rainebow..caused by the rayes of the Sunne, falling upon a roride and opposite cloud. 1693 Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard., Melons 3 A little Rorid meazing out out of the Pulp, but by no means Watrish and Flashy. 1715 tr. Pancirollus' Rerum Mem. II. 306 It was known to the Greeks.., not under the Name of Manna, but of aerial or rorid Honey. |