alarum
Meanings
noun
- A danger signal or warning.
- A call to arms.
- An alarm clock.
verb
- To sound alarums, to sound an alarm.
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Etymology
From Middle English alarom, from Old Italian all'arme (“to arms, to the weapons”), from Latin arma, armorum (“weapons”).
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