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severer en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /sɪˈvɪəɹə(ɹ)/
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (comparative, form-of) comparative form of severe: more severe
   form of severe

severer en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsɛvəɹə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Etymology tree English sever Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English severer From sever + -er.

Meanings

1. One who severs.
   • They received this name from the jealousy of their rivals, who thereby intimated that they were severers of the unity of the Algonquin nation, as a people who were setting up an independent government […] 1862, Sir Daniel Wilson, Prehistoric man, researches into the origin of civilisation, page 133:

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