rouse
Used as an epithet for a person: having red hairUsed as an epithet for a person: having red hair; red-haired, redheaded.
» The concert was a rousing success.
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1 senses(archaic, obsolete)Used as an epithet for a person: having red hair; red-haired, redheaded.
Examples
16 sentencesThe concert was a rousing success.
The sound roused her from sleep.
He is a lion when roused.
The cry roused me from my sleep.
The slogan was designed to rouse the people.
Origin
From Late Middle English rous, rouse (“(adjective) red-haired; (noun) person with red hairFrom Late Middle English rous, rouse (“(adjective) red-haired; (noun) person with red hair”), from Anglo-Norman rous, rus, and Middle French rous, roux (“red-haired, chiefly used to describe William II of England”), from Old French ros (“(uncertain) red-faced; red-haired”) (modern French roux), from Latin russus (“red; red-haired”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). Doublet of red.
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Forms
more rouse, most rouse| Comparative | more rouse Lesson |
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| Superlative | most rouse Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form