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Eagre vs Eager - What's the difference?

eagre | eager |

Eager is a anagram of eagre.



As adjectives the difference between eagre and eager

is that eagre is obsolete form of lang=en while eager is sharp; sour; acid.

As nouns the difference between eagre and eager

is that eagre is a tidal bore while eager is alternative form of lang=en (tidal bore).

eagre

English

Etymology 1

See (eager)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • * 1614 , Walter Raleigh, The History of the World , Book III., Chapter VII., page #66:
    • How?oeuer it were, the Lacedæmonians'' being no le??e wearied of the warre, than the ''Athenians'' were eagre to pur?ue it, the one obtained their ea?e, and the other the execution and honor which they de?ired : for all the ''Greekes'' (tho?e of ''Peloponme?us'' excepted) willingly ?ubiected them?elues to the commandment of the ''Athenians which was both beginning of their greatne??e in that pre?ent age, and of their ruine in the next ?ucceeding.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * aegir, eygre

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a tidal bore
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1896 , author=Bret Harte , title=In a hollow of the hills: and other tales? , page=210 citation , passage=A large wave like an eagre , diverging from its bow, was extending to either bank, swamping the tules and threatening to submerge the lower levees.}}
    Synonyms
    * tidal bore, bore

    References

    Anagrams

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    eager

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) eger, from (etyl) egre (French aigre), from (etyl) ; see acid, acerb, etc. Compare vinegar, alegar.

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (obsolete) Sharp; sour; acid.
  • * Shakespeare
    • like eager droppings into milk
  • (obsolete) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
  • * Shakespeare
    • eager words
  • * Shakespeare
    • a nipping and an eager air
  • (rfc-sense) Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement.
  • * Keble
    • When to her eager lips is brought / Her infant's thrilling kiss.
  • * Hawthorne
    • a crowd of eager and curious schoolboys
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.}}
  • Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
  • * John Locke
    • Gold will be sometimes so eager , as artists call it, that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself.
  • (comptheory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
    • an eager algorithm
    Synonyms
    * raring
    Derived terms
    * eager beaver * eagerly * eagerness

    Etymology 2

    See (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (tidal bore).

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