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diere

Pronunciation: /ˈdi͜yː.re/

“diere” is an Old English word. Its 5 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. excellent, noble, honoured
  2. costly, expensive, of great worth
  3. dear, precious

adverb

  1. expensively, for a lot of money
  2. dearly

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *diurī, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz. Cognate with Old Frisian diūre, Old Saxon diuri, Old Dutch diuri, Old High German tiuri, Old Norse dýrr.

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