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sere

UK/sɪə̯(ɹ)/ US/sɪɚ/ uncommon archaic literary obsolete uk

adjective

1.

(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

  • “dried-up grass”
  • “the desert was edged with sere vegetation”
  • “shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings”
  • “withered vines”
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From Middle English ser, sere, schere, seer, seere, seir, seyr, seyre (“different; diverse, various; distinct, individual; parted, separated; many, several”), from Old Norse sér (“for oneself; separately”, dative reflexive pronoun, literally “to oneself”), from sik (“oneself, myself, yourself, herself, himself; ourselves, yourselves, themselves”), from Proto-Germanic *sek (“oneself”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”). The English word is cognate with Danish sær (“singular”), især (“especially, particularly”), German sich (“oneself; herself, himself, itself; themselves”), Icelandic sig (“oneself; herself, himself, itself; themselves”), Latin sē (“herself, himself, itself; themselves”), Scots seir, Swedish sär (“particularly”).

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