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leal^¹

/liːl/

Rhymes with -iːl

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Inherited from Middle English leel, lel, borrowed from Anglo-Norman leal and Old French leial, from Latin lēgālis. Doublet of loyal and legal.

adjective lealer · lealest

Scotland Loyal, honest. Mr Toots, like the leal and trusty soul he was, stopped the cabriolet in a twinkling, and told Susan Nipper of his commission, at which she cried more than before.
Scotland True, genuine. The lealest lover time can show, / Doomed for a lady-love to languish, / Among these solitudes doth go, / A prey to every kind of anguish.

Leal^²

proper noun

A city and village in North Dakota.

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

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@misc{leal_2026,
  title = {leal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/leal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}