redie

See also: rēdie and rédie

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ die.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈdaɪ/
• Homophone: redye

Verb

redie (third-person singular simple present redies, present participle redying, simple past and past participle redied)

1. (nonstandard, intransitive) To die again.
   • 1972, John Barth, Chimera Pa, →ISBN, page 105:

     […] until Athene had scalped, rebodied, and revived her — whereupon her first request was to redie at once if she was Gorgon still. An odd thing was that, once brought back, she could recall all her dead head's doings […]

   • 2009, Peter Metevelis, Japanese Mythology and the Primeval World, →ISBN, page 146:

     […] with such company as Gilgamesh, who though mortal was part human and part divine; the Japanese deity Ninigi, who though originally divine became mortal; Sumerian Dumuzi, who though divine was required repeatedly to redie; […]

Anagrams

• Eider, eider

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rédie.

Noun

redie f (plural redii)

1. redia

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	redie	redia		redii	rediile
genitive-dative	redii	rediei		redii	rediilor
vocative	redie, redio			rediilor