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Etymology Dictionary

Origin and Etymology of the word GARISH, GAIRISH.

From An Etymology Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893.

 

GARISH, GAIRISH,  glaring, staring, showy.  (Scand.)   'The garish sun;' Romeo, iii. 2. 25.   'Day's garish eye;' Milton, Il Penseroso, 141.   From the verb to gare.   Chaucer uses the slightly different form gauren, to stare; C. T. 5332, 14375.   β. By the frequent change of s to r, we see that gare, to stare, is a variant of M.E. gasen, to gaze.   (For an example of the change, see Frore.)   See Gaze.

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Etymology Dictionary Index
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Key
Arab.=Arabic.
A.S.=Anglo Saxon.
Bavar.=Bavarian
Bohem.=Bohemian.
C.=Celtic, used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton, Cornish, &c.
Corn.=Cornish.
Dan.=Danish.
Du.=Dutch
E.=English.
E.E.=Early English.
Europ.=European.
F.=French.
G.=German.
Gk.=Greek.
Goth.=Gothic.
Icel.=Icelandic.
Ital.=Italian.
L. or Lat.=Latin.
Lith. & Lithuan.=Lithuanian.
M.E.=Middle English.
M.F.=Middle French
M.H.G.=Middle High German.
Norw.=Norwegian.
O.F.=Old French.
O.H.G.=Old High German.
Pers.=Persian.
Port.=Portuguese.
Scand.=Scandinavian, used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, &c.
Sc.=Scottish.
Skt.=Sanskrit.
Span.=Spanish.
Swed.=Sweish.
Teut.=Teutonic
Turk.=Turkish.
W.=Welsh.

  

 

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