dearie

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dearie

/ˈdɪəɹi/ Australia, UK
/ˈdɪɹi/
/ˈdɪɚi/ US
/ˈdiɹi/ US
/ˈdiɹɪ/ Scotland
/ˈdiɹe/ Scotland
/ˈdiəɹi/ New Zealand
/ˈdɛːɹi/

Sounds like deary, dairy (cheer–chair merger) · Rhymes with -ɪəɹi

Where it comes from

From dear + -ie.

noun dearies · deary

colloquial, term of address A person who is dear; sweetie. What a scare you gave me, dearie.

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"dearie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dearie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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dearie. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dearie

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"dearie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dearie.

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@misc{dearie_2026,
  title = {dearie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dearie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}