mear

See also: méar

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɪə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɪɹ/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /miə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /miːɹ/
• (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /mɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
• Homophones: meer, mere, Mir; mare (cheer–chair merger)

Noun

mear (plural mears)

1. Alternative form of mere (“boundary”).
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     So huge a mind could not in lesser rest,
     Ne in small mears contain his glory great

See also

• mere

References

• “mear”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• mera, Amer., rame, Erma, Maré, Maer, Mera, Ream, amer., Arem, arme, ramé, mare, ream

Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch maar.

Conjunction

mear

1. but