eared
/ɪ(ə)ɹd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having ears (of a specified type).
adj
verb
simple past and past participle of ear
Example Sentences
- "He was a large-eared man."
- "What doſt thou puſh, thou prickeard cur of Iſeland?"
- "Tho' he despond that sows his grain, / To bind his full-ear'd sheaves, and bring / from long captivity,"
- "1835, William Wordsworth, "On a High Part of the Coast of Cumberland," line 19-20, in The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, edited by William Knight, Volume VII, London: Macmillan & Co., 1896, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47143/47143-h/47143-h.htm Teach me with quick-eared spirit to rejoice / In admonitions of thy softest voice!"
- "Towery city and branchy between towers; / Cuckoo-echoing, bell-swarmèd, lark-charmèd, rook-racked, river-rounded; / The dapple-eared lily below thee; that country and town did / Once encounter in, here coped and poisèd powers; […]"
- "He might have flinched altogether from speaking if at this moment he had not seen Ampleforth, the hairy-eared poet, wandering limply round the room with a tray, looking for a place to sit down."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Germanic *ausô Proto-West Germanic *auʀā Old English ēare Middle English ere English ear Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English eared From ear + -ed.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪ(ə)ɹd/
- British English: /ɪəd/