abrim
/əˈbɹɪm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adv
Example Sentences
- "the stand-place / Of carriages a-brim with Florence Beauties"
- "Dyke and drain were everywhere abrim and here and there the water stood in the soaked fields as though they needed but little more to sink back into their ancient desolation of mere and fen."
- "[…] we began taking turns stirring an enormous copper kettle abrim with New England clam chowder."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English brim English abrim From a- + brim.