† spereadj.

Forms: Also speer.

Etymology: Of obscure origin.

Obsolete.

Frail, delicate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective]

tender?c1225

feeble1340

infirmc1374

slight1393

weakc1400

sperec1440

silly1587

unsound1590

immaterial1609

paper1615

unsubstantiala1617

reedy1628

slighty1662

insufficient1700

flimsy1702

bandbox1727

unconfirmed1752

insubstantial1767

gossamery1790

thread-paper1803

gossamer1806

slimsy1845

unendurable1879

bandboxy1891

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 468 Spere, or fres (K. freshe or brityl, P. britill or brekyll), fragilis.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 221 My chayere is my body of speer brotyl & rotyn bonys, in whiche my soule sytteth.

1486 Bk. St. Albans, Hawking e viii b She may be callid a Spere hawke for of all the hawkys that ther be she is moost spere, that is to say moost tendre to kepe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	spere
释义	† spereadj. Forms: Also speer. Etymology: Of obscure origin. Obsolete. Frail, delicate. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] tender?c1225 feeble1340 infirmc1374 slight1393 weakc1400 sperec1440 silly1587 unsound1590 immaterial1609 paper1615 unsubstantiala1617 reedy1628 slighty1662 insufficient1700 flimsy1702 bandbox1727 unconfirmed1752 insubstantial1767 gossamery1790 thread-paper1803 gossamer1806 slimsy1845 unendurable1879 bandboxy1891 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 468 Spere, or fres (K. freshe or brityl, P. britill or brekyll), fragilis. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 221 My chayere is my body of speer brotyl & rotyn bonys, in whiche my soule sytteth. 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Hawking e viii b She may be callid a Spere hawke for of all the hawkys that ther be she is moost spere, that is to say moost tendre to kepe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.c1440
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