dear
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Is dear a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of dear?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (Ireland, UK) High in price; expensive.Examples: "The dearer the jewel, the greater the love expressed."; "There's more depends on this than on the value. The dearest ring in Venice will I give you, And find it out by proclamation: Only for this, I pray you, pardon me."; "This water is sold for 50 cents per ton, which is not dear under the circumstances."IrelandUK
2. (obsolete) Noble.obsolete
verb (English)
1. (obsolete) To endear.Examples: "Nor should a Sonne his Sire loue for reward, But for he is his Sire, in nature dear’d."; "I should have known no less: It hath been taught us from the primal state That he which is was wished until he were; And the ebbed man, ne'er loved till ne'er worth love, Comes deared by being lacked."; "Nay, hide him in thy house, and also show Such deared love to him, as to delight In his base company both day and night?"obsolete
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Fierce.Examples: "The Christens found the heathens dear, as the lion doth the bear."obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary