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leel
]
Origin
leal
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lil
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leel
]
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adjective
Scot.
loyal; true.
Origin:
1250–1300;
Middle English
leel
<
Old French
<
Latin
lēgālis
legal
;
see
loyal
Related forms
leal·ly,
adverb
le·al·ty
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əl
ti
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noun
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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leal
(liːl)
—
adj
(
Scot
) loyal; faithful
[C13: from Old French
leial,
from Latin
lēgālis
legal
; related to
loyal
]
'leally
—
adv
lealty
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
leal
"loyal, faithful, honest, true," c.1300, lele, surviving from M.E. as Northern Eng. and Scot. form of
loyal
.
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