Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rameish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rameish
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

nonsense, foolish talk

Uncountable

verb

to talk nonsense, talk idly

Example Sentences

"Don't listen to him, said my father. He talks rameish."
"‘She’s so childish to be going on with all that kind of rawmaishing out of her,’ Kate snapped."
"“I hope he wasn’t delayed rameishing on with some customer today of all days,” Benny heard her mother say to Patsy."
"Mario grinned and in a perfect parody of her voice said: ‘And it’d tear the ears off you to listen to this one rawmaishing all day!’"

Etymology

From Irish ráiméis (“nonsense, poppycock”), from Norman romance. Doublet of romance.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

rawmaish (alternative) rameishes (present, singular) rameishing (participle, present) rameished (participle, past) rameished (past)

Questions

What does rameish mean?: nonsense, foolish talk
Where does rameish come from?: From Irish ráiméis (“nonsense, poppycock”), from Norman romance. Doublet of romance.

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