Sare
adj, adv, name
adj, adv, name ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 dry, withered British, archaic
"Burn ash-wood green, 'tis a fire for a queen;"
- 2 melancholy, bad, severe. Northern-England, archaic, dialectal
- 3 tender, rotten Kent, archaic, dialectal
Adverb
- 1 much, very much, greatly. Northern-England, UK, archaic, dialectal
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
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More examples"Burn ash-wood green, 'tis a fire for a queen;"
Etymology
Etymology 1
Variant of sear (“dry”).
Etymology 2
From Middle English sare, northern variant of sore, from Old English sār (“sore”). More at sore.
Etymology 3
From Middle English sare, northern variant of sore, from Old English sāre (“sorely”). Cognate with German sehr (“very”).
Etymology 4
Variant of Sayer.
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