leveret

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈlɛvəɹɪt/
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/ˈlɛvəɹɪt/ · /ˈlɛvɹɪt/

Definition of leveret

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A young hare less than one year old.
    “[…] Shall I die like a leveret, Without any resistance?—Help, help, help! I am slain!”
    “Fair Hand that can on Virgin-paper write, Yet from the stain of Ink preserve it white, Whose travel o’er that Silver Field does show, Like track of Leveretts in morning Snow;”
    “As when two skilful hounds the leveret wind; Or chase through woods obscure the trembling hind; Now lost, now seen, they intercept his way, And from the herd still turn the flying prey: So fast, and with such fears, the Trojan flew; So close, so constant, the bold Greeks pursue.”
    “They heard Marvel squeal like a caught leveret, and forthwith they were clambering over the bar to his rescue.”

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Etymology

From Middle English leveret(te), from Old French leveret, diminutive of lievre (“hare”), from Latin leporem, of obscure origin.

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