orite
See also: o-rite
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
orite (not comparable)
- Pronunciation spelling of alright.
- 1926 December, V. A. Digilio, “Tony’s First Experience with a Telephone”, in Ralph G. Hegner, editor, The Villanovan, Villanova, Pa.: Students of Villanova College, →OCLC, page 60, column 1:
- Tony: “O yu my compare [godfather]—O!—’Scuse me mio compare—why non yu tella me ‘hoo yu wuz?” Compare: “That’s orite compare.”
- 2014 September 5, Arthur Hamilton, “Margaret Rose McAllister”, in Jonathan’s Journey, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN:
- “Is mistress orite?” she asked. “Mother is fine, Esther. You may leave now.”
- 2017 February 24, Bella Waxman, “Leaving Aireborough”, in The Nymph, [Neckenmarkt, Burgenland]: novum pro, →ISBN, page 312:
- Tell yer what, luv, I’ll give yer fifty quid fer’t lot and tek ’em off yer ’ands today, right now in fact if that’s orite wi you.
- 2021 July 8, Sherman L. Brandon, “We Messed It Up”, in My Love, My Pain, My Struggle, My Thoughts, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN:
- When life was black and white, things weren’t Right, / but things were orite. / What has this world come to?
Interjection
orite
- (Internet slang) Oh, right; an acknowledgment of understanding.
- Pronunciation spelling of alright.
- 2014 September 5, Arthur Hamilton, “The Empire Cometh”, in Jonathan’s Journey, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN:
- Orite, I takes yer word fer it.
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
orite (Cyrillic spelling орите)
- second-person plural imperative of orati