adj
sere
Sere (adj) means lacking moisture; dried out.
adj
1
Lacking moisture; dried out.
"Except for their crawlers, and a crow flickering past in the mist, nothing moved: the grass was sere and golden, the dirt beneath white and gravelly."
— Vernor Vinge, The Peace War (1984)
2
Empty and unproductive, used of ideas or thinking.
3
Worn thin and shabby, used of cloth.
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Etymology
Came from Middle English ser, sere, seare, seer, seere, seir, seyr (“dry, withered; emaciated, shrivelled; brittle; bare; dead, lifeless; barren, useless”), from Old English sēar, sīere (“dry, withered; barren; sere”), from Proto-West Germanic *sauʀ(ī), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry, parched”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews-, *sh₂ews- (“to be dry”). It is cognate with Dutch zoor (“dry and coarse”), Greek αὖος (ávos, “dry”), Lithuanian sausas (“dry”), Middle Low German sôr (Low German soor, “arid, dry”) and Old Church Slavonic соухъ (suχŭ, “dry”), and is a doublet of sear and sare.
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What is the meaning of sere?
"sere" (adj) means lacking moisture; dried out.
What is another word for sere?
Other words for "sere" include sear, shriveled, withered, shrivelled.
What is the opposite of sere?
The opposite of "sere" is moist.
What are the different meanings of sere?
"sere" has 3 main meanings: 1. Lacking moisture; dried out; 2. Empty and unproductive, used of ideas or thinking; 3. Worn thin and shabby, used of cloth.
