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eyrie

English

Alternative forms

  • eyry, aerie, aery, ayrie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English eire, aire, from Old French aire or Medieval Latin aeria. Old French aire, in the sense of an eagle's nest, may have derived from Latin ager, or may less likely be related to the other senses, ultimately from Latin ?rea.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /????i/, /????i/, /?a??i/
  • (US) IPA(key): /???i/, /???i/, /?a??i/
  • Rhymes: -??ri

Noun

eyrie (plural eyries)

  1. The nest of a bird of prey.
  2. Any high and remote but commanding place.

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eyre

English

Etymology

From Old French erre (journey, march, way), from Latin iter, itineris (a going, way), from the root of ire (to go). Compare errant, itinerant, issue.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: âr, IPA(key): /???/, /??/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)
  • Homophones: air, Ayr, ere, heir, are (unit of measurement); err (one pronunciation); e'er (US)

Noun

eyre (plural eyres)

  1. (Britain, law, obsolete) A journey in circuit of certain itinerant judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere).

Anagrams

  • Eyer, Reye, eery, eyer, y'ere, ye're, yeer, yere

Middle English

Noun

eyre

  1. Alternative form of eere (ear of grain)

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