gery
Middle English
Alternative forms
- geri, geery, gere, guery, guerry, gire, guyry
Etymology
See gere (“childish behaviour”) + -y.
Adjective
gery
- Subject to frequent and sudden changes; variable, unpredictable.
- (of a person) Changeable; fickle.
- 1385, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, "Knight's Tale"
- Right so kan gery Venus ouercaste The hertes of hir folk.
- 1385, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, "Knight's Tale"
- (of clothing) Faddish
- 1399, Mum and the Sothsegger
- How þe while turneth With gyuleris, joyffull for here gery jaces.
- 1399, Mum and the Sothsegger
Synonyms
- gerful
References
- “geri (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 June 2018.