egreとは 意味・読み方・使い方

アナグラム

• Eger, Geer, Gere, eger, geer, gree

語源 1

From Old French egre, aigre, from Late Latin ācrus, from Latin ācer.

別の表記

• eger, egyr, egir, egur, egor, egree

発音

• IPA: /ˈɛːɡər/, /ˈɛːɡrə/

形容詞

egre

1. acidic, sour-tasting
2. violent, ruthless
   • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Clerk's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 1198–1200:

     And ſklendꝛe wyves fieble as in bataille / Beth egꝛe as is a tygꝛe yond in Ynde / Ay clappeth as a mille I yow conſaille

     And slender wives, powerless in battle: / Be as ruthless as a tiger over in India, / and always chatter like a mill, I advise you!

3. angry, raging
4. aggrieved, furious
5. potent, mighty, strong
6. (rare) eager, ready

関連する語

• egerly
• egernesse
• egren
• egurdouce
• vynegre

派生した語

• English: eager
• Scots: laager, laeger
• Yola: aagar

参照

• “ēgre, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-11.

語源 2

From Old French aigrier.

動詞

egre

1. Alternative form of egren