sweer

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/swɪə(ɹ)/

Definition of sweer

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (UK, dialectal)Heavy.
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adj

  1. (UK, dialectal)Heavy.
  2. (UK, dialectal)Dull; indolent; lazy.
  3. (UK, dialectal)Reluctant; unwilling; disinclined.

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Etymology

From Middle English swere, sware, from Old English swǣr, swār (“heavy, of great weight, oppressive, grievous, painful, unpleasant, great, sad, feeling or expressing grief, grave, slow, dull, sluggish, slothful, indolent, inactive from weakness, enfeebled, weak”), from Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, *swērijaz (“heavy”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”).

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