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発音

• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)t

語源 1

From Middle English lirten, lurten (“to cheat”), from 古期英語 *lyrtan (found only in belyrtan (“to deceive”)), from Proto-West Germanic *lurtijan (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *lerd- (“to bend, crook”). Cognate with Scots lirt (“to cheat, deceive, delude”), Middle High German lürzen (“to deceive”), Middle High German lerz, lurz, lorz (“left, left-handed”), 古期英語 lort, lyrt (“crooked”).

別の表記

• lirte (廃れた用法)

動詞

lirt (三人称単数 現在形 lirts, 現在分詞 lirting, 過去形および過去分詞形 lirted)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To deceive; beguile.
2. (transitive, UK dialectal) To cheat; befool.

派生語

• belirt

名詞

lirt (複数形 lirts)

1. (UK dialectal) Deception; guile.
2. (UK dialectal) A cheat; a go-by.

語源 2

Origin obscure. Perhaps alteration of lirk (“to jerk”).

動詞

lirt (三人称単数 現在形 lirts, 現在分詞 lirting, 過去形および過去分詞形 lirted)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To toss.
2. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To walk or move in a quick, lively, or pert manner.
3. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To gambol; frisk.

アナグラム

• tirl