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feer
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English fere, from Old English f?re (“able to go, fit for service”). More at fear.
Adjective
feer (comparative more feer, superlative most feer)
- Alternative form of fear (“able, capable”)
Etymology 2
From Middle English fere, from Old English ?ef?ra.
Noun
feer (plural feers)
- Alternative form of fere (“companion, friend, mate”)
Derived terms
- playfeer
Anagrams
- -free, Free, fere, free, reef
Danish
Noun
feer c
- indefinite plural of fe
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish fír. Cognate with Irish fíor.
Adjective
feer
- true, correct
- real, authentic, veritable, pure
- regular
- sincere, truthful
Adverb
feer
- very, extremely
- truly
- exceptionally
Usage notes
When used to mean "very", it precedes the adjective and lenites it: mie (“good”) > feer vie ("very good")
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
feer m
- indefinite plural of fe
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
feer f
- indefinite plural of fe
Swedish
Noun
feer
- indefinite plural of fe
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fearful
English
Alternative forms
- fearefull (obsolete)
- fearfull (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English ferful, fervol, equivalent to fear +? -ful.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??f?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f??f?l/
- Rhymes: -???f?l
- Hyphenation: fear?ful
Adjective
fearful (comparative fearfuller or fearfuler or more fearful, superlative fearfullest or fearfulest or most fearful)
- Frightening.
- Tending to fear; timid.
- a fearful boy
- (dated) Terrible; shockingly bad.
- (now rare) Frightened; filled with terror.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
- Those two great champions did attonce pursew / The fearefull damzell with incessant payns […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
Synonyms
- (frightened): frightened, timid, timorous
- See also Thesaurus:afraid and Thesaurus:cowardly
Translations
Adverb
fearful (comparative more fearful, superlative most fearful)
- (dialect) Extremely; fearfully.
Further reading
- fearful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- fearful in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Lauffer
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