Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- An obsolete or dialectal form of far.
- n. A rare Middle English form of fire.
- n. The terminal element of nouns with a corresponding adjective in -ferous, as conifer, a coniferous tree. See -ferous.
Wiktionary
- prep. regional Eye dialect spelling of for.
GNU Webster's 1913
- obsolete Far.
Examples
“Also, for those who * do* want a new computer ... you're waitin 'fer Win7 aren't-cha?”
“I'm awfully fond of brown trout, and you guys that like Asian carp are in fer a buncha trouble down the road, when Asian carp have run everything else out.”
“The network's third such biennial benefit, this too-fer is also a two-fer, originating from two coasts, and prerecorded as well as live.”
The Huffington Post: 'Night Of Too Many Stars': Comedy Central Airs Autism Benefit
“DIETZENBACH, Germany — Standing in Aisle 1 of a local Aldi supermarket, between the € 2.59 ($3.62) bottles of sparkling wine and the packaged bread, German master baker Wolfgang Sch ä fer is in enemy territory.”
The Wall Street Journal: Fresh Test: Grocery Store Automats Get a Rise Out of German Bakers
“So if memeory serves, .. thyhad me off workin fer folks sos they could get back on there feet a bit, ..”
“Purveying and preying on the most vulnerable, those "lookin 'fer love [in all the wrong places].”
“Se þonne þisne wealsteal wise geþohte ond þis deorce lif deope geondþenceð, frod in ferðe, feor oft gemon wælsleahta worn, ond þas word acwið:”
“Anybuddy figgers full fundin 'fer RC schools is fair and equittable's got their head in the sand, sez I.”
“Yah…too much compyuter time rots the branes….jest takes my word fer it, this time!”
When vacume cleaners go bad - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“My other part of my two-fer is this: since Cvillenews. com was down, the LMP have been reported as requesting that any students in the garage be prohibited from leaving the garage during rush hour.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘fer’.
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I can haz cheezeburgerisms
dis iz y u cant spelcaturday, haz, habn't, derp, derpy, kitteh, teh, cyoot, mai, baw, kai, ai and 382 more...
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Palabras de 3 letras en Español.
La única lista que también incluye flexiónes verbales y pluralizaciones. Aún faltan algunas por encontrar.
(Por ser una lista para Scrabble, los dígrafos ll, rr, y ch se consideran com...aba, aca, aga, ahe, ahi, aho, aja, aje, aji, ajo, ala, ale and 427 more...
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Manx
Words that are Manx or of Manx origin. This is a language about which I know next to nothing, and therefore make no claims of being correct about anything.
See also the bound-to-remain...coghal, byddage, cronk, qualtagh, tynwald, manx loaghtan, bunscoill ghaelgagh, shassoo, credjue, nealloo, craid, mraane and 202 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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Roots
act, aer, ambul, ami, amo, anim, ann, enn, arch, rcha, rchae, archi and 139 more...
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Unusual words for Words With Friends
A list of words that WWF recognizes as valid - most are unusual words; some are simply high-scoring.
botel, slipe, jeu, chub, chubs, cote, mure, tittle, dev, loo, hoke, helo and 357 more...
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faux comparatives
temp, temper, tempest, hone, honer, honest, dive, diver, divest, earn, earner, earnest and 46 more...
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sans prefix
cumber, fatigable, wieldy, ruly, prandial, humously, combobulate, couth, crepit, dain, prave, ert and 25 more...
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slovenglish
Slovene slang that comes from English.
lajf, sori, kul, tuma�?, dabest, frend, frendica, bed, fer, keš, filing, safr and 3 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for fer.
rolig In Slovene, you'll hear: "To ni fer!" (That's not fair.) May 3, 2009
bilby He's a jolly good fel-low ... Sep 13, 2008