by-rote
/ˈbʌɪrəʊt/Now rare
adjective
Designating or relating to something learnt or professed by rote.
- †by-rote babble: mechanical or repetitious talk (obsolete )..
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Edward Guilpin (fl. 1598). From by + rote, after by rote.
- hither and yon
- hitherto
- hitherward
- hit home
- hit it off
- Hitler, Adolf
- Hitlerian
- Hitlerism
- Hitlerite
- Hitler moustache
- Hitler salute
- hit list
- hitmaker
- hitman
- hit on
- hit (or make) the scene
- hit-or-miss
- hit (or strike) home
- hit-out
- hit parade
- hit single
- hit someone below the belt
- hit someone for six
- hit someone in the eye (or between the eyes)
- hit someone up