lirt
To deceive; beguileTo deceive; beguile.
Meaning
5 senses(UK, dialectal, transitive)To deceive; beguile.
(UK, dialectal, transitive)To cheat; befool.
(UK, dialectal, transitive)To toss.
(UK, dialectal, intransitive)To walk or move in a quick, lively, or pert manner.
(UK, dialectal, intransitive)To gambol; frisk.
Origin
From Middle English lirten, lurten (“to cheat”), from Old English *lyrtan (found only in bFrom Middle English lirten, lurten (“to cheat”), from Old English *lyrtan (found only in belyrtan (“to deceive”)), from Proto-West Germanic *lurtijan (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *lerd- (“to bend, crook”). Cognate with Scots lirt (“to cheat, deceive, delude”), Middle High German lürzen (“to deceive”), Middle High German lerz, lurz, lorz (“left, left-handed”), Old English lort, lyrt (“crooked”).
Origin obscure. Perhaps alteration of lirk (“to jerk”).
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Forms
lirts, lirting, lirted, lirtedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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