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Leal

//liːl// adj, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Loyal, honest. Scotland

    "Mr Toots, like the leal and trusty soul he was, stopped the cabriolet in a twinkling, and told Susan Nipper of his commission, at which she cried more than before."

  2. 2
    True, genuine. Scotland

    "The lealest lover time can show, / Doomed for a lady-love to languish, / Among these solitudes doth go, / A prey to every kind of anguish."

Adjective
  1. 1
    faithful and true wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city and village in North Dakota.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English leel, lel, borrowed from Anglo-Norman leal and Old French leial, from Latin lēgālis. Doublet of loyal and legal.

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