rory-toryadj.

Brit.

/ˌrɔːrɪˈtɔːri/, U.S.

/ˌrɔriˈtɔri/

Forms: 1600s– rory-tory, 1600s 1800s roary-tory, 1800s roratory.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: tory-rory adj.

Etymology: Probably a variant or alteration of tory-rory adj., with reversal of the elements (compare also quot. 1682 at roary adj. 1).

colloquial.

†1. Loud, noisy, boisterous. Cf. tory-rory adj. 2. Obsolete (chiefly English regional (south-western) after 18th cent.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [adjective] > rowdy noise

riotous?1456

obstreperousc1600

roaring1631

rory-tory1683

rackety1773

rowing1812

rowdyish1837

rowdy-dowy1852

rorty1899

rootin' tootin'1901

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > rough > rough or boisterous

robustious1548

boisterous1568

rory-tory1683

randy1723

rumgumptious1781

lungeous1787

rowdy dowdy1816

roaritorious1821

riproarious1830

rough and tumble1831

rowdy1832

rowdy-dow1832

tear-brass1880

knockabout1885

rory-cum-tory1893

roughhouse1896

1683 R. Dixon Canidia ix. 87 Cursers, Blasphemers, Dammers and Swearers, Ranting-Rory-Tory-Ground-Tearers.

1787 S. Trimmer Servant’s Friend xvii. 77 He had a place in the treasury..which brought him in three hundred pounds a year; but that was not enough for such rory tory doings.

1818 A. Fordyce Country Wedding 200 Who that joins the jovial noise, Of friendship's roratory boys.

1896 S. Baring-Gould Dartmoor Idylls 18 If he's fractious, you'll sing to him; but none of your Rory-Tory tunes.

2. Originally English regional (south-western). Showy, gaudy; esp. loud in colour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > garishly coloured

speciousa1513

'skyring1724

noisy1725

rory-torya1794

flary1841

roary1866

jazzy1917

a1794 M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. (1837) 8 A race of rory-tory ribbons, stuff'd out leek so many pincushions.

1880 L. Parr Adam & Eve vi. 89 Dressin' up in that rory-tory stuff.

1922 R. T. Hopkins Thomas Hardy's Dorset xiii. 241 A row of new lodging-houses which are very showy (rory-tory the Dorset rustic would style them!).

1984 J. B. Sanford Winters of that Country 308 His skirts were gone, and in their place were flaring pants and glaring boots, a riding crop, a ringless cap, quite rory-tory, don't you know.

2013 Western Morning News (Nexis) 5 Apr. 6 Set on black fabric in identical vases, hundreds of varieties—from big rory-tory affairs to tiny scented specimens—are arranged neatly on tiered trestles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).

单词	rory-tory
释义	rory-toryadj. Brit. /ˌrɔːrɪˈtɔːri/, U.S. /ˌrɔriˈtɔri/ Forms: 1600s– rory-tory, 1600s 1800s roary-tory, 1800s roratory. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: tory-rory adj. Etymology: Probably a variant or alteration of tory-rory adj., with reversal of the elements (compare also quot. 1682 at roary adj. 1). colloquial. †1. Loud, noisy, boisterous. Cf. tory-rory adj. 2. Obsolete (chiefly English regional (south-western) after 18th cent.). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [adjective] > rowdy noise riotous?1456 obstreperousc1600 roaring1631 rory-tory1683 rackety1773 rowing1812 rowdyish1837 rowdy-dowy1852 rorty1899 rootin' tootin'1901 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > rough > rough or boisterous robustious1548 boisterous1568 rory-tory1683 randy1723 rumgumptious1781 lungeous1787 rowdy dowdy1816 roaritorious1821 riproarious1830 rough and tumble1831 rowdy1832 rowdy-dow1832 tear-brass1880 knockabout1885 rory-cum-tory1893 roughhouse1896 1683 R. Dixon Canidia ix. 87 Cursers, Blasphemers, Dammers and Swearers, Ranting-Rory-Tory-Ground-Tearers. 1787 S. Trimmer Servant’s Friend xvii. 77 He had a place in the treasury..which brought him in three hundred pounds a year; but that was not enough for such rory tory doings. 1818 A. Fordyce Country Wedding 200 Who that joins the jovial noise, Of friendship's roratory boys. 1896 S. Baring-Gould Dartmoor Idylls 18 If he's fractious, you'll sing to him; but none of your Rory-Tory tunes. 2. Originally English regional (south-western). Showy, gaudy; esp. loud in colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > garishly coloured speciousa1513 'skyring1724 noisy1725 rory-torya1794 flary1841 roary1866 jazzy1917 a1794 M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. (1837) 8 A race of rory-tory ribbons, stuff'd out leek so many pincushions. 1880 L. Parr Adam & Eve vi. 89 Dressin' up in that rory-tory stuff. 1922 R. T. Hopkins Thomas Hardy's Dorset xiii. 241 A row of new lodging-houses which are very showy (rory-tory the Dorset rustic would style them!). 1984 J. B. Sanford Winters of that Country 308 His skirts were gone, and in their place were flaring pants and glaring boots, a riding crop, a ringless cap, quite rory-tory, don't you know. 2013 Western Morning News (Nexis) 5 Apr. 6 Set on black fabric in identical vases, hundreds of varieties—from big rory-tory affairs to tiny scented specimens—are arranged neatly on tiered trestles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < adj.1683
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