Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lairy

/ˈlɛɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: lairy
IPA: /ˈlɛɹi/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Touchy, aggressive or confrontational, usually while drunk.

British usage

adj

Vulgar and flashy.

Australian usage

adj

Socially unacceptable.

Australian usage

Example Sentences

"Don't get lairy with me!"
"There's always been a weird duality at the heart of New Order: the fact that three druggy, lairy Mancs and the drummer's girlfriend can craft music of such awesome emotive power as to make grown neds weep."
"Unskinny was a self-published riot of large lasses getting lairy in northern towns, and did a reasonable trade via friends and comic shops."
"The show is lairy, loud and laddish; it does exactly what it says on the tin."
"Watching the people get lairy / It's not very pretty I tell thee"
"I started to get a bit lairy, agitated on drink."

Etymology

Variation of leery, originally Cockney slang.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈlɛɹi/
British English: /ˈlɛəɹi/

Usage

British usage
Australian usage

Inflected Forms

lairier (comparative) lairiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

lairiness lair lairiser

Homonyms

leery (cheer–chair merger)

Rhymes With

mary ordinary scary saint mary vary dairy fairy sky fairy bury hairy carey prairie

Questions

How do you pronounce lairy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɛɹi/.
What does lairy mean?: Touchy, aggressive or confrontational, usually while drunk.
Where does lairy come from?: Variation of leery, originally Cockney slang.

How to pronounce lairy

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