• deary

Fromdear +‎-ie.

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian)IPA^(key): /ˈdɪəɹi/

  • Audio(Southern England):

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• (General American, mirror–nearer merger)IPA^(key): /ˈdɪɹi/
• (US, without themirror–nearer merger)IPA^(key): /ˈdɪɚi/,/ˈdiɹi/
• (Scotland)IPA^(key): /ˈdiɹɪ/,/ˈdiɹe/
• (New Zealand)IPA^(key): /ˈdiəɹi/
• (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger)IPA^(key): /ˈdɛːɹi/
• Rhymes:-ɪəɹi
• Homophones:deary;dairy(cheer–chair merger)

dearie (pluraldearies)

1. (colloquial, chiefly as a term of address) A person who isdear;sweetie.
   • 1950,Norman Lindsay,Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page43:

     At the mention of money Mrs Dibble was overcome with great debility, and wheezed, "I don't feel up to talking about money, matters just now,dearie. I think I better have a bit of a doze."

• aeried,readie,rediae

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