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haar.

Thick, cold, wet fog along the northeastern coast of Northern England and Scotland.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/hɑː(ɹ)/Received-Pronunciation/hɑɹ/General-American
  1. Thick, cold, wet fog along the northeastern coast of Northern England and Scotland.

    Northern-England · Scotland · countable · especially · uncountable
  2. A wind, especially one from the east, which blows in this fog.

    Scotland · countable · especially · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Attested since the late 17th century, alongside Scots haar (“cold easterly wind; misty wind; cold fog or mist”). Perhaps ultimately from Middle Dutch hare (“cold wind”) or a related Low German word; compare Dutch harig (“windy; foggy, misty”), Saterland Frisian harig (“misty”). Alternatively, perhaps simply a northern English or Scottish variant of hoar, or a borrowing of Old Norse hárr (“hoary”).

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