lair
noun
[ lɛː ]
• a place where a wild animal, especially a fierce or dangerous one, lives.
• "he saw that his dogs had roused a wild boar from its lair"
Similar:
den,
burrow,
hole,
lie,
covert,
tunnel,
dugout,
hollow,
cave,
haunt,
• a burial plot in a graveyard.
• "their ashes now lie buried in a lair in the Glasgow necropolis"
Origin:
Old English leger ‘resting place, bed’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leger ‘bed, camp’ and German Lager ‘storehouse’, also to lie1. Compare with laager, lager.
lair
noun
• a flashily dressed man who enjoys showing off.
lair
verb
• dress or behave in a flashy manner.
• "some of us laired up in Assam silk suits"
Origin:
1930s: back-formation from lairy.
