rawe

See also: Rawe

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hrēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, *hrēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rau̯/

Adjective

rawe (superlative rawest)

  1. raw (not subject to cooking or heating)
  2. raw, unprocessed, unfiltered (not subject to processing or refinement)
  3. (usually referring to one's skin) wounded, hurt, punctured
  4. (usually referring to one's bodily parts) vulnerable, visible, bare
  5. (figurative) young, primitive, rough, simple
  6. (rare) unripened, immature
Descendants
  • English: raw
  • Scots: raw
References

Noun

rawe

  1. A painful or difficult bodily presence.
  2. (rare) unprocessed fabric
  3. (rare) The state of being unripe or immature.
References

Noun

rawe

  1. Alternative form of rewe (row)
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