roo
Rest; stillnessRest; stillness.
UK/ˈɹuː/US/ˈɹu/
» The roo was gutted alive.
Meaning
2 senses(UK, dialectal, uncountable)Rest; stillness.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable)Peace; quietness.
Examples
2 sentencesThe roo was gutted alive.
Adriano's German Shepherd was no match to the roo.
Origin
From Middle English roo, ro, from Old English rō, rōw (“quietness, quiet, rest”), from ProFrom Middle English roo, ro, from Old English rō, rōw (“quietness, quiet, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *rōō (“quiet, rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to rest; quiet”). Cognate with Scots ro, ruve (“peace, repose”), German Ruhe (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ro (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Icelandic ró (“tranquility, quietness”).
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Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable