egre
Middle English
/ˈɛːɡər/
adj
Definitions
- acidic, sour-tasting
- violent, ruthless
- angry, raging
- aggrieved, furious
- potent, mighty, strong
- (rare) eager, ready
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French egre derived from Latin ācer (sharp, pungent, bitter, sour, sharp-minded, acidic).
Origin
Latin
ācer
Gloss
sharp, pungent, bitter, sour, sharp-minded, acidic
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
辣
Emoji
🪒
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acrity English
- beeregar English
- eager English
- eagerly English
- eagerness English
- eagersome English
- overeager English
- uneager English
- vinegar English
- *acrus Latin
- acer Latin
- acerbus Latin
- acrimonia Latin
- acritas Latin
- acriter Latin
- acrumen Latin
- ācer Latin
- *h₂ḱrós Proto-Indo-European
- douce Middle English
- egerly Middle English
- egernesse Middle English
- egren Middle English
- egurdouce Middle English
- vynegre Middle English
- wyn Middle English
- aigredouce Old French
- aigrier Old French
- egre Old French
- vinaigre Old French
- aicher Old Irish
- *akris Proto-Italic
- agro Venetian