LOYAL
What does "LOYAL" mean?
Faithful and steadfast in allegiance to a person, cause, or country.
Meanings
- Showing firm and constant support or allegiance. A loyal friend will tell you the hard truth and stay anyway.
- Faithful to obligations, vows, or a sovereign. The garrison remained loyal to the crown through the siege. formal
Did you know?
- 'Loyal' and 'legal' are etymological twins: both grow from Latin 'lex' (law) - one came through Old French, the other straight from Latin, so being loyal once literally meant being lawful.
Word origin
From Old French 'loial' (Modern French 'loyal'), from Latin 'legalis', 'lawful', from 'lex' ('legis'), 'law'; the same Latin root that gives English 'legal'.
Remember it
A LOYAL friend stays even when LO and YAL the world walks out - or just note LOYAL hides 'LOY', loyalty's first move.
A little poem
The dog waits at the gate through rain and frost-
not knowing loyalty, just knowing cost.
couplet
What it teaches
Loyalty is not agreeing always; it is staying when agreeing costs you nothing and leaving would cost you them.
Quick facts
What does LOYAL mean?
Faithful and steadfast in allegiance to a person, cause, or country.
Is LOYAL a valid word?
Yes — LOYAL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is LOYAL?
LOYAL has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does LOYAL come from?
From Old French 'loial' (Modern French 'loyal'), from Latin 'legalis', 'lawful', from 'lex' ('legis'), 'law'; the same Latin root that gives English 'legal'.
What can LOYAL teach us?
Loyalty is not agreeing always; it is staying when agreeing costs you nothing and leaving would cost you them.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.