English Explanatory Dictionary

roose

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To flatter or praise.
  2. To be proud.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. An eastern suburb of Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD2269).

Word forms

roose rooses roosing roosed ruse ruis

Etymology

From Middle English rosen (“to boast”), from Old Norse hrósa (“to boast; praise”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōþsōną, from *hrōþaz, *hrōþiz (“fame; glory; praise”). Cognate with Icelandic hrósa, Danish rose, Swedish rosa.

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