Middle English Dictionary Entry
flair n.
Entry Info
| Forms | flair n. |
| Etymology | OF flair. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Odor, fragrance; also fig.; (b) breath.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 Susan.(Vrn)98 : Fele flourus and fruit, frelich of flayre.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)9017 : Alle swete savours..War noght bot als stynk to regard of þat flayre.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)40/20 : Þa þerfore..in inward flayr swetely byrnyd.
b
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)772 : Syche a vennymous flayre flowe fro his lyppez That the flode of þe flawez all on fyre semyde.