How do you pronounce eagre?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈeɪɡə(ɹ)/.

eagre

/ˈeɪɡə(ɹ)/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

"Howſoeuer it were, the Lacedæmonians being no leſſe wearied of the warre, than the Athenians were eagre to purſue it, the one obtained their eaſe, and the other the execution and honor which they deſired : for all the Greekes (thoſe of Peloponmeſus excepted) willingly ſubiected themſelues to the commandment of the Athenians which was both beginning of their greatneſſe in that preſent age, and of their ruine in the next ſucceeding."
"A large wave like an eagre, diverging from its bow, was extending to either bank, swamping the tules and threatening to submerge the lower levees."

See eager.

more eagre (comparative) most eagre (superlative) eagres (plural) aegir (alternative) eager (alternative) eger (alternative) egre (alternative) eygre (alternative)

eagreness

agar maigre fragor eager meager meagre seeger uyghur overeager neger beleaguer uneager