Etymograph

English

Learian

From Lear + -ian.

Formed from Lear + -ian

Old English lār ‘lore’

Middle English loare ‘doctrine, teaching, lore’

Middle English laire

English Lear

Today it means

adj Of or relating to William Shakespeare's King Lear.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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