leal
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 4
- Words With Friends
- 6
- Letters
- 4
Definition of leal
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(Scotland)Loyal, honest.
“Mr Toots, like the leal and trusty soul he was, stopped the cabriolet in a twinkling, and told Susan Nipper of his commission, at which she cried more than before.”
“We thank you for the pure white fire of his goodness, for the red sword of justice in his hand, for the love he bears his leal people.”
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adj
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(Scotland)Loyal, honest.
“Mr Toots, like the leal and trusty soul he was, stopped the cabriolet in a twinkling, and told Susan Nipper of his commission, at which she cried more than before.”
“We thank you for the pure white fire of his goodness, for the red sword of justice in his hand, for the love he bears his leal people.”
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(Scotland)True, genuine.
“The lealest lover time can show, / Doomed for a lady-love to languish, / Among these solitudes doth go, / A prey to every kind of anguish.”
name
- A city and village in North Dakota.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English leel, lel, borrowed from Anglo-Norman leal and Old French leial, from Latin lēgālis. Doublet of loyal and legal.
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