Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disme

/daɪm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: disme
IPA: /daɪm/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dime minted in 1792.

American usage; Dated; Obsolete

noun

A tenth; a tenth part; a tithe.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Since the first sword was drawn about this question, Ev'ry tithe soul 'mongst many thousand dismes, Hath been as dear as Helen."
"a. 1734, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani. The pope began to exercise his new rapines by a compliance with king Edward, in granting him two years’ disme from the clergy."
"I have heard say, that a writ of right of dismes is given by the statute of Westm. 2, and that speaketh only of dismes, and not of pensions."

Etymology

From Middle French dixme, Old French disme (“tenth, tithe”), from Latin decimus (“tenth”). Doublet of dime.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: dixme, disme, decimus

Usage

American usage
Dated
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

dismes (plural)

Homonyms

dime

Questions

How do you pronounce disme?: The recorded pronunciation is /daɪm/.
What does disme mean?: A dime minted in 1792.
Where does disme come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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