abearance

abearance

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English abear
Latin -ius
Latin -iader.
Old French -ancebor.
Middle English -aunce
English -ance
English abearance

    From abear + -ance.

    Pronunciation

    • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɛɹ.əns/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Noun

    abearance (uncountable)

    1. (rare) Behavior. [Mid 16th century.][1]

    Translations

    References

    1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abearance”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
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