rivery
English
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.
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Etymology
Derived from Middle English ryver (“spoiler”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɾɪvəˈɾiː/
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 135
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