ronyon

or ron·ion

[ ruhn-yuhn ]

noun

, Obsolete.

1. a mangy creature.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ronyon¹

1590–1600; perhaps < French rogne mange

Example Sentences

Ronion, Ronyon, run′yun, n. a mangy, scabby animal or person.

From Project Gutenberg

And cursing clans that felt the heat That dwale obscured in shadows vague, Clash thro' the broken forest boughs Until each ronyon's stuck in loam.

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Then it "bit," as it were, into the rudder post, and she just felt it—but only just—the ronyon!

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Ronyon, applied to a woman, means, as far as can be traced, much the same with scall or scab spoken of a man.

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A Saylors Wife had Chestnuts in her Lappe, And mouncht, & mouncht, and mouncht: Giue me, quoth I. Aroynt thee, Witch, the rumpe-fed Ronyon cryes.

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