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Leal Definition

leal

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English

Etymology

From Old French leal et al., from Latin legalis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

leal (comparative lealer, superlative lealest)

  1. (now chiefly Scotland) Loyal, honest.
    • 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 858:
      We thank you for the pure white fire of his goodness, for the red sword of justice in his hand, for the love he bears his leal people.
  2. (now only Scotland) True, genuine.
    • 1885, John Ormsby, Don Quixote, volume 1, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes, chapter XXVI:
      The lealest lover time can show, / Doomed for a lady-love to languish, / Among these solitudes doth go, / A prey to every kind of anguish. / Why Love should like a spiteful foe / Thus use him, he hath no idea, / But hogsheads full--this doth he know-- / Don Quixote's tears are on the flow, / And all for distant Dulcinea / Del Toboso.

Anagrams

Old French

Adjective

leal m. and f.

  1. Alternative form of loial.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin legalis.

Adjective

leal m. and f. (plural leais; comparable)

  1. loyal

Antonyms

Scots

Etymology

From Old French leal et al., from Latin legalis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

leal (comparative mair leal, superlative maist leal)

  1. loyal
  2. true, pure

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin legalis.

Adjective

leal m. and f. (plural leales)

  1. loyal

Antonyms

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