Leal

Pronunciation

• IPA: /liːl/

Origin

From Old French leal et al., from Latin legalis.

Full definition of leal

Adjective

1. (now chiefly Scotland) Loyal, honest.
• 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 858:We thank you for the pure white fire of his goodness, for the red sword of justice in his hand, for the love he bears his leal people.
2. (now only 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.
  Why Love should like a spiteful foe
  Thus use him, he hath no idea,
  But hogsheads full--this doth he know--
  Don Quixote's tears are on the flow,
  And all for distant Dulcinea
  Del Toboso.

Anagrams

• Ella
• Lela