sheer
Betekenis (English)
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- Very thin or transparent.
- (obsolete) Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.
- Downright; complete; pure.
- Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.
- Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
Concepten
Synonyms
gauze-like
right-down
sheer off
denudate
very thin
tout a fait
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈʃɪə/
Etymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English shere, scheere, schere, skere, from Old English sċǣre (“pure, sheer; shining, clear”), from Proto-Germanic *skairiz; supplanted the semantically close shire (dialectal), from Middle English schyre, schire, shire, shir, from Old English sċīr (“clear, bright; brilliant, gleaming, shining, splendid, resplendent; pure”), beside which existed Middle English skyr, from Old Norse skírr (“pure, bright, clear”), both from Proto-Germanic *skīriz (“pure, sheer”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y- (“luster, gloss, shadow”). Cognate with Danish skær, German schier (“sheer”), Dutch schier (“almost”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍃 (skeirs, “clear, lucid”). Outside Germanic, cognate to Albanian hir (“grace, beauty; goodwill”).
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