GERY

Meaning of GERY in English

( a. )

Changeable; fickle.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

GERY — (a.) Changeable; fickle.
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GERY — adj changeable; fickle.
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THUG — noun Etymology: Hindi & Urdu ṭhag, literally, thief Date: 1810 a brutal ruffian or assassin ; gangster , tough , …
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SNUG — I. verb (~ged; ~ging) Etymology: 2~ Date: 1583 intransitive verb ~gle , nestle , transitive verb to cause to fit …
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PRIG — I. noun Etymology: ~ to steal Date: 1610 thief , II. noun Etymology: probably from 1~ Date: 1676 fop , …
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HUMBUG — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1751 1. something designed to deceive and mislead, a willfully false, deceptive, or insincere …
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WINDBAG — ■ noun informal a person who talks a lot but says little of any value. Derivatives ~gery noun
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TOG — ~ 1 informal ■ noun ( ~s ) clothes. ↘ Austral./NZ & Irish a swimming costume. ■ verb ( be/get …
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THUG — ■ noun 1》 a violent and aggressive man, especially a criminal. 2》 ( Thug ) historical a member of an …
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PRIG — ■ noun a self-righteously moralistic person. Derivatives ~gery noun Origin C16 (in sense 'tinker, petty thief', later 'disliked person'): of …
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PETTIFOG — ■ verb ( ~s , ~ging , ~ged ) archaic 1》 quibble about petty points. 2》 practise legal deception or …
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HUMBUG — ■ noun 1》 deceptive or false talk or behaviour. ↘a hypocrite. 2》 Brit. a boiled peppermint sweet. ■ verb ( …
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HOG — ■ noun 1》 a pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter. 2》 informal a greedy person. 3》 informal a …
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WHIG — ■ noun 1》 a member of the British reforming party that sought the supremacy of Parliament, succeeded in the 19th …
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WAGGERY — [wag.gery] n, pl -ger.ies (1594) 1: mischievous merriment: pleasantry 2: jest; esp: practical joke
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TOGGERY — [tog.gery] n [togs] (ca. 1811): clothing
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THUG — [thug] n [Hindi thag, lit., thief] (1810): a brutal ruffian or assassin: gangster, killer -- thug.gery n -- thug.gish adj
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SURGERY — [sur.gery] n, pl -ger.ies [ME surgerie, fr. MF cirurgie, surgerie, fr. L chirurgia, fr. Gk cheirourgia, fr. cheirourgos surgeon, fr. …
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STAGGERY — [stag.gery] adj (1778): unsteady
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SNUGGERY — [snug.gery] n, pl -ger.ies (1812) chiefly Brit: a snug cozy place; esp: a small room
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SKULDUGGERY — [skul.dug.gery] or skull.dug.gery n, pl -ger.ies [origin unknown] (1867): a devious device or trick; also: underhanded or unscrupulous behavior
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PSYCHOSURGERY — [psy.cho.sur.gery] n (1936): cerebral surgery employed in treating psychic symptoms -- psy.cho.sur.geon n -- psy.cho.sur.gi.cal adj
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PRIG — [prig] n [prig to steal] (1610): thief [2]prig n [prob. fr. [1]prig] (1676) 1 archaic: fop 2. archaic: fellow, person …
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PRE- — [pre-] prefix [ME, fr. OF & L; OF, fr. L prae-, fr. prae in front of, before--more at for] 1 …
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PIGGERY — [pig.gery] n, pl -ger.ies (1781) 1: a place where swine are kept 2: swinish behavior
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PETTIFOGGER — [pet.ti.fog.ger] n [prob. fr. petty + obs. E fogger pettifogger] (1576) 1: a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or …
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NEUROSURGERY — [neu.ro.sur.gery] n (1904): surgery of nervous structures (as nerves, the brain, or the spinal cord) -- neu.ro.sur.geon n -- neu.ro.sur.gi.cal …
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MICROSURGERY — [mi.cro.sur.gery] n (1926): minute dissection or manipulation (as by a micromanipulator or laser beam) of living structures or tissue -- …
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JIGGERY-POKERY — [jig.gery-pok.ery] n [prob. alter. of Sc joukery-pawkery, fr. jouk to dodge, cheat + pawk trick, wile] (ca. 1892): underhanded manipulation …
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JAGGERY — [jag.gery] n [Pg jagara, prob. fr. Malayalam chakkara sugar] (1598): an unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap
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IRONMONGERY — [iron.mon.gery] n (1711): something made of metal; esp, Brit: hardware 1
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