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Roky vs Rosy - What's the difference?

roky | rosy |

As adjectives the difference between roky and rosy

is that roky is (uk|dialect) misty; foggy; cloudy while rosy is rose-coloured.

As a noun rosy is

(slang|british) tea.

roky

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (UK, dialect) misty; foggy; cloudy
  • * 1993 , Annie Proulx, The Shipping News , Scribner (1999), ISBN 068485791X, page 40:
    • They walked around in the roky damp, in silence.
    (Ray)
    (Webster 1913)

    rosy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Rose-coloured.
  • *
    • If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon.
  • Resembling rose, as in scent of perfume.
  • Optimistic.

    • Etymology 2

    From Cockney rhyming slang, "Rosie Lee".

    Alternative forms

    * Rosie (more common spelling, as per the etymology)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (slang, British) tea
    • I wish a cup of Rosy .
    I fancy a cup of rosy lee.
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