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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /bɹaɪə/
• IPA: /ˈbɹaɪɚ/
• 韻: -aɪə(ɹ)

語源 1

From 中期英語 brere, from 古期英語 brēr [Old Mercian], brǣr (“briar, bramble”); further origin unknown, perhaps related to Old French bruiere (“heather”) (French bruyère). Compare Old Norse brǫrr (“briar”), whence Icelandic brörr.

名詞

briar (plural briars)

1. Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Maye. Ægloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:

     Youngthes folke now flocken in every where,
     To gather May-buskets and smelling brere

2. (figurative) Anything that is sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 2:6:

     ¶ And thou ſonne of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their wordes, though bryars and thornes be with thee, and thou doeſt dwell among ſcorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be diſmayed at their lookes, though they be a rebellious houſe.

   • 1785, William Cowper, The Task‎:

     Rov'd far, and gather'd much : some harsh, 't is true, / Pick'd from the thorns and briers of reproof, / But wholesome, well-digested; […]

派生語

語源 2

From French bruyère, assimilated with Etymology 1, above.

名詞

briar (plural briars)

1. Tree heath (Erica arborea), a thorny Mediterranean shrub.
2. A pipe for smoking, made from the roots of that shrub.
   • 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 12:

     Then he put the insulted pipe in his pocket, corked himself up with the immense briar, and sneered at Cripps over the top of it.

派生語

• briar-pipe
• briar-root

Further reading

• thicket on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Erica arborea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

アナグラム

• Ribar, birra