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lairier

lairier is the comparative form of lairy.

Meaning of lairy

Adjective (1)

lairy (comparative lairier, superlative lairiest)

  1. (UK) Touchy, aggressive or confrontational, usually while drunk.
    • Don't get lairy with me!

Adjective (2)

lairy (comparative lairier, superlative lairiest)

  1. (Australia) Vulgar and flashy.
    • He was lairy alright, resplendent in a purple blazer and pink trousers.1983, National Book Council (Australia), Australian Book Review, Issues 48-57, page 29
  2. (Australia) Socially unacceptable.

Questions about lairier

What is lairier the comparative form of?
Lairier is the comparative form of lairy.

Words near lairier in the dictionary

  1. laired up
  2. Lairenba
  3. Lairenjam
  4. Lairenlakpam
  5. Lairg
  6. lairier
  7. lairiest
  8. Lairikyengbam
  9. lairiness
  10. lairing
  11. lairing it up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lairier (page history and authors); lairy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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