rootfast
/ˈruːtfɑːst/ /ˈruːtfast/Now rare (chiefly poetic and archaic in later use)
adjective
Firmly held by the roots. Frequently (and in earliest use) figurative : securely established; firmly fixed.
Origin
Old English; earliest use found in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. From root + fast. Originally perhaps after early Scandinavian, although compare earthfast. In later use apparently re-formed in the 19th cent.
- South-seaman
- South Seas
- South Sea scheme
- South Sea tea
- South Shetland Islands
- South Shields
- south side
- south-south-east
- south-southeasterly
- south-south-eastwards
- south-southerly
- south-south-west
- south-southwesterly
- south-south-westwards
- South Sudan
- South Sudanese
- South Suffolk
- south temperate
- South Triangle
- Southumbrian
- southward
- southwardly
- southwards
- south-west
- South West Africa