rame
/reɪm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A remark or complaint repeated incessantly.
verb
To complain or cry incessantly.
verb
To talk nonsensically.
noun
A stalk or branch, especially when dried.
Example Sentences
- ""Does he ever mention the king in his prayer?" "O yes: always." "What does he say about him?" "Something about the sceptre of righteousness, and the standard of truth. I ken he has some rhame about him.""
- "The münelicht sea—It rugs at the he'rt o' me, An' rames an' rames eternally."
- "Yiss, ramin, ravin mad at Betty sood be abune her edder wan wye or da idder."
- "Twice in thy pleasant year the wattles crown With golden down Their somber rames, and with the gums' stiff leaves A dusk-white fragrant bloom May interweaves"
Etymology
From Northern Middle English ramen (“to cry out, scream”), from Old English *hrāmian, from Proto-West Germanic *hraimōn, from Proto-Germanic *hraimōną (“to scream”), *hraimaz (“a scream”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerey- (“to scream, screech”). Cognate with Old Norse hreimr (“a scream, cry”), and possibly to Old English hrēam (“a cry, outcry, tumult, noise”).
Origin
- Source language: Old English