Aerie (noun)
e-ree/ee-ree
The nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk. / A house or fortress perched on a hill.
First recorded in 1575–85; from Anglo-French, Old French airie, equivalent to aire (from Latin ager “field,” presumably “nest” in Vulgar Latin ) + ie; acre, -y; compare Medieval Latin aerea, aeria “aerie, brood,” from Old French aire
Example sentences
“You could see that the aerie had been long abandoned and was now being used by other creatures such as bugs.”
Meraki (Μεράκι) (Greek) (noun) me-rah-kee To do something with soul, creativity, and love. When someone cooks with meraki, builds with meraki, writes with meraki, they’ve poured themselves into it. Derived…
