eerie
Signification (English)
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- Inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange, weird.
- Frightened, timid.
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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈɪəɹi/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English eri (“fearful”), from Old English earg (“cowardly, fearful”), from Proto-Germanic *argaz. Akin to Scots ergh, argh from the same Old English source. Doublet of argh.
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