shaʿir

[ shah-eer ]

/ ʃɑˈɪər /

a person, especially a poet, endowed with unique perception or insight.

QUIZZES

It’d be a real faux pas to miss this quiz on the words from August 3–9, 2020!

Question 1 of 7

What does “vacillate” mean?

From the Arabic word shāʿir

I'm shair there's no' a woman in the place but wad hae liket him.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh
I'm shair ye hadna muckle sense at the time, or it wadna be yon yin ye went coortin'.
Erchie|(AKA Hugh Foulis) Neil Munro
Beer, beer, glorious beer; I'm shair I've perished three gallons this very day.
Erchie|(AKA Hugh Foulis) Neil Munro
I'm shair it must be a hard job for the auld man, her paw, to provide diversions for the puir wee smout.
Erchie|(AKA Hugh Foulis) Neil Munro

No, mem, tucked breists are oot o' date; ye'll no' see such a thing in Gleska; I'm shair puir Macphee himsel' hadna ane.
Erchie|(AKA Hugh Foulis) Neil Munro