Associations to the word «Lear»

Wiktionary

LEAR, noun. (now Scotland) Something learned; a lesson.
LEAR, noun. (now Scotland) Learning, lore; doctrine.
LEAR, verb. (transitive) (archaic and Scotland) To teach.
LEAR, verb. (intransitive) (archaic) To learn.
LEAR, noun. Alternative form of lehr
LEAR, proper noun. A surname​.

Dictionary definition

LEAR, noun. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
LEAR, noun. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters.

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates