chier

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See also: chièr

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chier, from Old French, inherited from Latin cacāre, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root *kakka-. Doublet of caguer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃje/, /ʃi.e/
  • (file)

Verb

chier

  1. (vulgar) to shit, defecate

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Middle English

Noun

chier

  1. Alternative form of chayer

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French chier.

Adjective

chier m (feminine singular chiere, masculine plural chiers, feminine plural chieres)

  1. important, noteworthy
  2. dear, dearest

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Descendants

  • French: cher

References

  • chier on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin cārus.

Adjective

chier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chiere)

  1. important, noteworthy
  2. dear, dearest
    • 12th or 13th century, author unknown, Le Bouchier D'Abevile:
      A Abevile ot un bouchier,
      Que si voison orent molt chier.
      In Abbeville there was a butcher
      Held in high esteem by his neighbors.
  3. expensive; costly
    • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
      Itant out li Quens un present
      D'une cupe chiere d'argent
      At this moment he presented the Count
      With a valuable silver cup
    • 1260–1267, Brunetto Latini, “Cist premiers livres parole de la naissance de toutes choses [This first book talks about the birth of all things]” (chapter 1), Livre I - Premiere partie, in Livres dou Tresor [Book of Treasures]; republished as Polycarpe Chabaille, compiler, Li livres dou tresor par Brunetto Latini, Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1863, page 1:
      si come li sires qui vuet en petit leu amasser choses de grandisme vaillance [] por acroistre son pooir [] i met il les plus chieres choses et les plus precieux joiaus que il puet, selonc sa bone entencion, tout autressi est li cors de cest livre compilez de sapience
      Just like the lord, who wishes to accumulate very valuable things in a tiny place in order to increase his power, puts there—according to his good intention—the most valuable things and the most precious jewels he can, so the body of this book is filled with knowledge

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