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English
Noun
egre (plural egres)
- Alternative spelling of eagre
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Italian
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Adjective
egre
- feminine plural of egro
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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French egre, aigre, from Late Latin ācrus, from Latin ācer.
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Adjective
egre
- acidic, sour-tasting
- violent, ruthless
c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Clerk's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 1198–1200:And ſklendꝛe wyves fieble as in bataille / Beth egꝛe as is a tygꝛe yond in Ynde / Ay clappeth as a mille I yow conſaille- And slender wives, powerless in battle: / Be as ruthless as a tiger over in India, / and always chatter like a mill, I advise you!
- angry, raging
- aggrieved, furious
- potent, mighty, strong
- (rare) eager, ready
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Etymology 2
From Old French aigrier.
Verb
egre
- Alternative form of egren