This week's theme
Short words

This week's words
bleb
jilt
pi
yare
ruck

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PRONUNCIATION:

(yahr or yayr)

MEANING:

adjective: 1. Easily maneuverable; nimble. 2. Ready; prepared.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old English gearo/gearu (ready). Earliest documented use: 888.

USAGE:

"I do desire to learn, sir; and, I hope, if you have occasion to use me for your own turn, you shall find me yare."
William Shakespeare; Measure For Measure; 1604.

"She was a 'bonnie lass' in the words of her chief engineer; she was faithful, she was yare -- an unlikely compliment for a vessel without sails."
D.C. Riechel; German Departures; iUniverse; 2009.

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