lair

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun the habitation of wild animals

Etymology

From Middle English leir, leire, lair, lare, from Old English leġer (“couch, bed”), from Proto-Germanic *legrą, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

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