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Ere
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example Sentences
- Ere the lapse of many weeks, perhaps days, the skating season will be inaugurated.
- Arazoak globalak badira, globala ere izan beharko du iraultzak, edo ez da gertatuko.
- It is to be hoped that a greater degree of publicity may ere long be found compatible with the public good.
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World English Dictionary
| ere (ɛə) | |
| —conj, —prep | |
| a poetic word for before | |
| [Old English ǣr; related to Old Norse ār early, Gothic airis earlier, Old High German ēr earlier, Greek eri early] | |
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Word Origin & History
ere
O.E. ær (adv., conj., & prep.), from Gmc. *airiz, comp. of *air "early," from PIE *ayer- "day, morning" (cf. Avestan ayar "day," Gk. eerios "at daybreak"). The adv. erstwhile retains the O.E. superl. ærest "earliest."
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