Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fremish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: frem-ish
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shiver or shudder.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"He fremiſhed and for dread trembled, and great cries out of his mouth proceeded […]"
"I fremish to conceive what might happen to the style of certain avant-garde bellelettrists if they were made to assist at some frequentations with Shakespeare […]"

Etymology

From Middle English fremyssh, *fremysshen, from (the stem of) Middle French fremir, from Late Latin *fremīre, from Latin fremere.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: fremyssh, fremir, *fremīre, fremo

Usage

Inflected Forms

fremishes (present, singular) fremishing (participle, present) fremished (participle, past) fremished (past)

Questions

What does fremish mean?: To shiver or shudder.
Where does fremish come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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