blear.
Dim; unclear from water or rheum.
Meaning & usage
Dim; unclear from water or rheum.
Causing or caused by dimness of sight.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English blere, related to Low German bleeroged (“bleareyed”), Middle High German blerre (“double vision”), German Blerre (“double vision”). Perhaps also related to blur.
To be blear; to have blear eyes; to look or gaze with blear eyes.
To make (usually the eyes or eyesight) blurred or dim.
To blur, make blurry.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bleren, from Old English *blerian.
Alternative form of blare
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bleren, from Old English *blǣran, related to West Frisian blearje (“to bleat, shout”), Dutch bleren, blaren (“to bellow, bleat”), German Low German blaren, blarren (“to blare, howl, shriek”), German plärren (“to howl, shriek, blare”).
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