fayre
/fɛə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "'Nay, I wyll nat so,' seyde sir Trystrames, 'for here is none that woll gyff ryghtuous jugemente. But I doute nat,' seyde sir Trystrames, 'my lady is fayrer than youres, and that woll I make good with my hondys, and who that woll sey the contrary, I woll preve hit on his hede!'"
- "Now fayre, fayrest off every fayre."
- "But that which I prize and eſteeme most is, That I have conquer'd in ſingle combat, that ſo famous Knight Don-Quixote de la Mancha, and made him confeſſe that my Caſildea is fayrer then his Dulcinea, […]"
- "He comming home at undertime, there found / The fayreſt creature that he ever ſaw / Sitting beſide his mother on the ground; […]"
- "But, more than alle, her youthful hearte / Was fraughte with virtue's lore; / More fayre, more tender, and more true, / Was mayden ne'er before."
- "Michael Erle, the maniac lover; or, The fayre lass of Lichfield."
Etymology
From Middle English fayr, feir, fager, from Old English fæġer.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: fayr, fæġer, foire, fēriae
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /fɛə(ɹ)/
Usage
Inflected Forms
fayrer (comparative)
more fayre (comparative)
fayrest (superlative)
most fayre (superlative)
fayres (plural)