DEARIE

darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary, ducky

(noun) a special loved one

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

dearie (plural dearies)

(colloquial, mostly, as a term of address) A person who is dear; sweetie.

Anagrams

• aeried, readie, rediae

Source: Wiktionary


Dear"ie, n.

Definition: Same as Deary. Dickens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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