yare
/jɛɹ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Easily manageable and responsive to the helm; yar.
noun
Alternative form of yair.
Example Sentences
- "[…]Dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skillful and deadly."
- "c. 1587-1612 (undated), Sir Walter Raleigh, letter to Prince Henry The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare; whereas the greater is slow."
- "Hey, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! Yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to th'Master's whistle.[…]"
Etymology
From Middle English yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“prepared, ready, prompt, equipped, complete, finished, yare”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (“ready”). Cognate with Dutch gaar (“done, well-cooked”), German gar (“done, well-cooked; wholly, at all”), Icelandic görr, ger (“perfect”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: yare, ġearu, *garu, *garwaz, -, *karō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /jɛɹ/
- British English: /jɛː/
Usage
Inflected Forms
yarer (comparative)
yarest (superlative)
yar (alternative)
more yare (comparative)
most yare (superlative)