Timeline for Meaning of “Dear” in context
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| May 2, 2020 at 10:04 | comment | added | Greybeard | From OED: A. adj.1 Of persons: a. Glorious, noble, honourable, worthy. Obsolete. OE Riddle 33 10 Is min modor mægða cynnes þæs deorestan. ++ 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. iii. 27 Life euery man holds deere but the deere man, Holds honor farre more precious deere then life. ++ It is a short step to the current meaning of "dear" = precious; highly monetarily valued; personally highly valued. (The latter being in the current salutation.) | |
| May 2, 2020 at 6:24 | history | answered | user 66974 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |