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unalloyed
English
Etymology
un- +? alloyed
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??d
Adjective
unalloyed (comparative more unalloyed, superlative most unalloyed)
- (of metal) Not alloyed; not in mixture with other metals; pure.
- Complete and unreserved; pure; unadulterated; not restricted, modified, or qualified by reservations.
- unalloyed blessings
- unalloyed happiness
Translations
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mere
English
Pronunciation
- (body of water; limit; famous; just, only):
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /m??/
- (Maori war-club):
- IPA(key): /?m??i/, /?m???/
Etymology 1
From Middle English mere, from Old English mere (“the sea; mere, lake”), from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Cognate with West Frisian mar, Dutch meer, Low German meer, Meer, German Meer, Norwegian mar (only used in combinations, such as marbakke). Related to Latin mare, Breton mor, Russian ????? (móre). Doublet of mar and mare.
Alternative forms
- meer, meere, mear
Noun
mere (plural meres)
- (dialectal or literary) A body of standing water, such as a lake or a pond. More specifically, it can refer to a lake that is broad in relation to its depth. Also included in place names such as Windermere.
- 1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 20 p. 16[1]:
- When making for the Brooke, the Falkoner doth espie
- On River, Plash, or Mere, where store of Fowle doth lye:
- The meres of Shropshire and Chesbire.
- 1913, Annie S. Swan, The Fairweathers
- She loved.. to watch the lovely shadows in the silent depths of the placid mere.
- 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber & Faber 2005, p. 194:
- Lok got to his feet and wandered along by the marshes towards the mere where Fa had disappeared.
- 1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 20 p. 16[1]:
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle English mere, from Old English m?re, ?em?re (“boundary; limit”), from Proto-Germanic *mairij? (“boundary”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”). Cognate with Dutch meer (“a limit, boundary”), Icelandic mærr (“borderland”), Swedish landamäre (“border, borderline, boundary”).
Alternative forms
- meer, meere, mear, meare
Noun
mere (plural meres)
- Boundary, limit; a boundary-marker; boundary-line.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ix:
- The Troian Brute did first that Citie found, / And Hygate made the meare thereof by West, / And Ouert gate by North: that is the bound / Toward the land; two riuers bound the rest.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ix:
Derived terms
- Hertsmere
Verb
mere (third-person singular simple present meres, present participle mering, simple past and past participle mered)
- (transitive, obsolete) To limit; bound; divide or cause division in.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To set divisions and bounds.
- (cartography) To decide upon the position of a boundary; to position it on a map.
Related terms
- mereing
Etymology 3
From Middle English mere, from Old English m?re (“famous, great, excellent, sublime, splendid, pure, sterling”), from Proto-Germanic *m?rijaz, *m?raz (“excellent, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *m?ros (“large, handsome”). Cognate with Middle High German mære (“famous”), Icelandic mærr (“famous”), and German Mär, Märchen ("fairy tale").
Alternative forms
- meere, mare
Adjective
mere (comparative more mere, superlative most mere)
- (obsolete) Famous.
Etymology 4
From Anglo-Norman meer, from Old French mier, from Latin merus. Perhaps influenced by Old English m?re (“famous, great, excellent, sublime, splendid, pure, sterling”), or conflated with Etymology 3.
Adjective
mere (comparative merer, superlative merest)
- (obsolete) Pure, unalloyed [8th-17thc.].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.8:
- So oft as I this history record, / My heart doth melt with meere compassion […].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.8:
- (obsolete) Nothing less than; complete, downright [15th-18thc.].
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol I, ch. 35:
- This freedom of expostulation exalted his mother's ire to meer frenzy […] .
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol I, ch. 35:
- Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected. [from 16thc.]
- Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].
Derived terms
- merely
Translations
Etymology 5
Borrowed from Maori mere (“more”).
Noun
mere (plural meres)
- A Maori war-club.
- 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford 2000, p. 41:
- As Owen prepared to dismiss the matter, Rule produced something that really caught the great man's eye – a greenstone mere, the warclub of the Maori.
- 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford 2000, p. 41:
Anagrams
- Emer., REME, erme, meer, reem
Afrikaans
Noun
mere
- plural of meer
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse meiri (“more”), from Proto-Germanic *maizô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me?r?/, [?me??]
Adjective
mere
- more; to a higher degree
- Han er mere højtidelig end jeg er.
- He is more solemn than I am.
- Han er mere højtidelig end jeg er.
- more; in greater quantity
- I har mere plads end jeg har.
- You have more space than I do.
- I har mere plads end jeg har.
Usage notes
"Mere", in the second sense, is only used with uncountable nouns. For countable nouns, use flere.
Estonian
Noun
mere
- genitive singular of meri
Italian
Adjective
mere f
- feminine plural of mero
Anagrams
- erme
Latin
Verb
mer?
- second-person singular present active imperative of mere?
References
- mere in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mere in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch m?ro, from Proto-Germanic *maizô.
Adjective
mêre
- greater, larger
- Antonym: minre
- older
- Antonym: minre
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Determiner
mêre
- more
- Antonym: minre
Descendants
- Dutch: meer
Adverb
mêre
- Alternative form of mêe
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch meri, from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
Noun
m?re f or n
- lake (fresh water)
- sea (salt water)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: meer
- Afrikaans: meer
- Limburgish: maer
Further reading
- “mere (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “mere (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “mere (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “mere (VIII)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page VIII
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French mere medre, from Latin m?ter, m?trem.
Noun
mere f (plural meres)
- mother (female family member)
Descendants
- French: mère
- Haitian Creole: mè
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“sea”). Cognate with Old Frisian mere (West Frisian mar), Old Saxon meri (Low German Meer), Dutch meer, Old High German meri (German Meer), Old Norse marr (Swedish mar). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin mare, Old Irish muir (Breton mor), Old Church Slavonic ???? (more) (Russian ????? (móre)), Lithuanian mãre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?me.re/
Noun
mere m
- lake
- pool
- (poetic or in compounds) sea
Declension
Derived terms
- meresw?n
- ?þmere
Descendants
- Middle English: mere
- English: mere
- Scots: mere
See also
- ?a (“river”)
- g?rse?? (“ocean”)
- s? (“sea”)
- str?am (“stream”)
Old French
Alternative forms
- medre
Etymology
From earlier medre, from Latin m?ter, m?trem.
Noun
mere f (oblique plural meres, nominative singular mere, nominative plural meres)
- mother (female family member)
Descendants
- Bourguignon: meire
- Middle French: mere
- French: mère
- Haitian Creole: mè
- French: mère
- Norman: mère, méthe
- Walloon: mere
Romanian
Noun
mere n pl
- plural of m?r
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
mere (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- third-person plural present of meriti
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