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lairs
We have found lemma(root) word of lairs : lair.
Definitions
[lɛː], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a place where a wild animal, especially a fierce or dangerous one, lives
(e.g: he saw that his dogs had roused a wild boar from its lair)
- a burial plot in a graveyard
(e.g: their ashes now lie buried in a lair in the Glasgow necropolis)
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Origin
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Old English leger ‘resting place, bed’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leger ‘bed, camp’ and German Lager ‘storehouse’, also to lie. Compare with laager, lager
[lɛː], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a flashily dressed man who enjoys showing off
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Origin
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1930s: back-formation from lairy
[lɛː], (Verb)
Definitions:
- dress or behave in a flashy manner
(e.g: some of us laired up in Assam silk suits)
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Origin
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1930s: back-formation from lairy
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