gery

Middle English

Alternative forms

geri, geery, gere, guery, guerry, gire, guyry

Etymology

See gere (“childish behaviour”) +‎ -y.

Adjective

gery

Subject to frequent and sudden changes; variable, unpredictable.
(of a person) Changeable; fickle.
- 1385, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, "Knight's Tale"
  Right so kan gery Venus ouercaste The hertes of hir folk.
(of clothing) Faddish
- 1399, Mum and the Sothsegger
  How þe while turneth With gyuleris, joyffull for here gery jaces.

Synonyms

gerful

References

“geri (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 June 2018.

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