pory

See also: поры

English

Etymology

pore + -y

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɔː.ɹi/
    • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɹ.i/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹi

Adjective

pory (comparative more pory, superlative most pory)

  1. (archaic) porous
    • 1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. [], London: [] Jacob Tonson, [], OCLC 403869432:
      Now to the court arriv'd th' admiring son / Beholds the vaulted roofs of pory stone.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pory in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.rɨ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrɨ
  • Syllabification: po‧ry

Noun

pory m inan

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of por

Noun

pory f

  1. inflection of pora:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural
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