eyrie
noun/ˈɪəri/, /ˈeəri/, /ˈaɪəri/
/ˈɪri/, /ˈeri/
(especially British English) (North American English usually aerie)
- a nest that is built high up among rocks by a bird of prey (= a bird that kills other creatures for food) such as an eagle
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- a room or building in a high place, especially one that is difficult to reach and from which somebody can see what is happening below
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from medieval Latin aeria, aerea, eyria, probably from Old French aire, from Latin area ‘level piece of ground’, in late Latin, ‘nest of a bird of prey’.
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