Definition of Ruor
Ru"mor (?), n. [F. rumeur, L.
rumor; cf. rumificare, rumitare to rumor, Skr.
ru to cry.] [Written also rumour.] 1.
A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame;
notoriety.
This rumor of him went forth throughout all
Judea, and throughout all the region round about. Luke
vii. 17.
Great is the rumor of this dreadful
knight. Shak.
2. A current story passing from one person to
another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense
often personified.
Rumor next, and Chance,
And Tumult, and Confusion, all embroiled.
Milton.
3. A prolonged, indistinct noise. [Obs.]
Shak.
Ru"mor, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Rumored (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Rumoring.] To report by rumor; to tell.
'T was rumored
My father 'scaped from out the citadel.
Dryden.
Ru"mor (?), n. [F. rumeur, L.
rumor; cf. rumificare, rumitare to rumor, Skr.
ru to cry.] [Written also rumour.] 1.
A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame;
notoriety.
This rumor of him went forth throughout all
Judea, and throughout all the region round about. Luke
vii. 17.
Great is the rumor of this dreadful
knight. Shak.
2. A current story passing from one person to
another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense
often personified.
Rumor next, and Chance,
And Tumult, and Confusion, all embroiled.
Milton.
3. A prolonged, indistinct noise. [Obs.]
Shak.
Ru"mor, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Rumored (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Rumoring.] To report by rumor; to tell.
'T was rumored
My father 'scaped from out the citadel.
Dryden.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
Sharp, irresistible by mail or shield,
By guard unparried as by flight unstayed,
O serviceable Rumor, let me wield
Against my enemy no other blade.
His be the terror of a foe unseen,
His the inutile hand upon the hilt,
And mine the deadly tongue, long, slender, keen,
Hinting a rumor of some ancient guilt.
So shall I slay the wretch without a blow,
Spare me to celebrate his overthrow,
And nurse my valor for another foe.
Joel Buxter
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- (countable) A piece of information of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
There's a rumor going round that he's going to get married.
- (uncountable) Information of this kind.
They say he used to be a thief, but that's just rumor.
Latin
- Rumour, rumor.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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