gery

Middle English

Alternative forms

• geri, geery, gere, guery, guerry, gire, guyry

Etymology

See gere (“childish behaviour”) +‎ -y.

Adjective

gery

1. Subject to frequent and sudden changes; variable, unpredictable.
2. (of a person) Changeable; fickle.
   • 1385, Geoffrey Chaucer, “Knight's Tale”, in Canterbury Tales:

     Right so kan gery Venus ouercaste The hertes of hir folk.

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3. (of clothing) Faddish
   • 1399, Mum and the Sothsegger:

     How þe while turneth With gyuleris, joyffull for here gery jaces.

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Synonyms

• gerful

References

• “geri, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 June 2018.