- rile
[rile 词源字典]
- rile: see regular
[rile etymology, rile origin, 英语词源] - rile (v.)
- 1825, American English spelling alteration to reflect a dialectal pronunciation of roil (q.v.); compare heist from hoist and in the same era spile for spoil (v.). Bartlett writes that in both England and America roil "is now commonly pronounced and written rile" ["Dictionary of Americanisms," 1848]. Related: Riled; riling.