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roil.

To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɹɔɪl/[ˈɹʷɔɪl]
  1. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.

    transitive
    to roil wine, cider, etc, in casks or bottles
    to roil a spring
  2. To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.

    transitive
  3. To bubble, seethe.

    intransitive
  4. To romp or tumble.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Origin uncertain. Possibly from French or Middle French rouiller (“to rust, make muddy”), from Old French rouil (“mud, rust”), from Vulgar Latin *robicula, from Latin robigo (“rust, blight”)

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