egre

See also: égre

English

Noun

egre (plural egres)

1. Alternative spelling of eagre

Anagrams

• Eger, Geer, Gere, eger, geer, gree

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Italian

Adjective

egre

1. feminine plural of egro

Anagrams

• erge

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French egre, aigre, from Latin ācer.

Alternative forms

• eger, egyr, egir, egur, egree

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːɡər/, /ˈɛːɡrə/

Adjective

egre

1. acidic, sour-tasting
2. violent, ruthless
   • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Clerk's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 1198-1200:

     And ſklendꝛe wyves fieble as in bataille / Beth egꝛe as is a tygꝛe yond in Ynde / Ay clappeth as a mille I yow conſaille

     And slender wives, powerless in battle: / Be as ruthless as a tiger over in India, / and always chatter like a mill, I advise you!

3. angry, raging
4. aggrieved, furious
5. potent, mighty, strong
6. (rare) eager, ready

Related terms

• egerly
• egernesse
• egren
• egurdouce
• vynegre

Descendants

• English: eager
• Scots: eager

References

• “ēgre (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-11.

Etymology 2

From Old French aigrier.

Verb

egre

1. Alternative form of egren