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Gnomish

maros

noun. ripe fruit

A word for a “ripe fruit” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/56), the equivalent of ᴱQ. marin “(ripe) fruit” under the early root ᴱ√MARA “ripe, yellow” (QL/59. 63).

Cognates

  • Eq. marin “(ripe) fruit (of apple type)”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MARA “ripe, yellow”