eyrie

or eyr·y

[ air-ee, eer-ee ]

noun

, plural eyr·ies.

1. aerie.

eyrie

/ ˈɪərɪ; ˈaɪərɪ; ˈɛərɪ /

noun

1. the nest of an eagle or other bird of prey, built in a high inaccessible place
2. the brood of a bird of prey, esp an eagle
3. any high isolated position or place

Word History and Origins

Origin of eyrie¹

C16: from Medieval Latin airea, from Latin ārea open field, hence nest

Example Sentences

Striving to be evocatively mysterious, Eyrie is in the end merely mystifying.

From The Daily Beast

Of course Lysa summoned Sansa to the Eyrie immediately thereafter.

From The Daily Beast

The air is growing thick with gloom round your mountain eyrie.

From Project Gutenberg

All one bright wintry day we marched down from our eyrie; all one bright wintry night we climbed the great wooded ridge opposite.

From Project Gutenberg

In each case the eyrie was a flat platform of sticks about twice the size of a kite's nest.

From Project Gutenberg

The ground beneath the eyrie was littered with fowls' feathers and pellets of skin, fur and bone.

From Project Gutenberg

From the eyrie of the salient one can look over it and away to the north to big rolling chalk land, most of it wooded.

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