Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Lively; brisk; sprightly; cheerful; gay.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Gay; cheerful; sprightly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
gay ;cheerful ;sprightly
Etymologies
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French allègre, earlier alègre, from Latin alacer.
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(opium) of which the Turks are great takers (supposing it expelleth all fear), do all condense the spirits, and make them strong and aleger.
All About Coffee 1909
jmjarmstrong commented on the word aleger
JM is an aleger fellow, and so say all of us!!
May 3, 2010
jmjarmstrong commented on the word aleger
JM is an aleger fellow, and so say all of us!!
May 3, 2010