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单词 gery
释义

gery

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • geri, geery, gere, guery, guerry, gire, guyry

Etymology

See gere (childish behaviour) + -y.

Adjective

gery

  1. Subject to frequent and sudden changes; variable, unpredictable.
  2. (of a person) Changeable; fickle.
    • 1385, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, "Knight's Tale"
      Right so kan gery Venus ouercaste The hertes of hir folk.
  3. (of clothing) Faddish
    • 1399, Mum and the Sothsegger
      How þe while turneth With gyuleris, joyffull for here gery jaces.

Synonyms

  • gerful

References

  • geri (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 June 2018.
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