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Farlie

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Noun
  1. 1
    An unusual or unexpected thing; a wonder. UK, obsolete

    "(Whilst thus himselfe to please, the mightie Mountaine tells Such farlies of his Cluyd, and of his wondrous Wells)"

Etymology

From Middle English farli, ferly, ferlich, feorlich (“a wonderful thing, a marvel, a wonder”), from Middle English farli, ferly, verlich, ferlik, ferlic, feorlic (“terrible, marvellous, wonderful”), from Old English fǣrlīċ (“sudden, unexpected, quick, horrible”), equivalent to fear + -ly. Cognate with Scots ferlie (“farlie”), Old Norse ferlíki, ferlíkan (“a monster, abnormality, monstrosity”), Old Norse ferligr (“monstrous”).

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