The Collaborative International Dictionary
Roynish
Roynish \Royn"ish\, a. [F. rogneux, from rogne scab, mange,
itch.]
Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome. [Written
also roinish.] [Obs.] ``The roynish clown.''
--Shak.
Wiktionary
roynish
a. 1 (context obsolete English) mangy; scabby. 2 mean; paltry; troublesome.
Usage examples of "roynish".
I do, even if our audience is none but a bunch of roynish, motley-minded snipes.
Their voices had a roynish sound that grated on Covenant's nerves-he had too many horrid memories of ur-viles -but he suppressed his discomfort, tried not to think balefully of Vain.