English Explanatory Dictionary

brame

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Intense passion or emotion; vexation.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/bɹeɪm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brame.wav

Word forms

brame Brames

Etymology

From Middle English brame, from Old French brame, bram (“a cry of pain or longing; a yammer”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *brammjan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną (“to roar; bellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to make a noise; hum; buzz”). Compare Old High German breman (“to roar”), Old English bremman (“to roar”). More at brim. Compare breme.

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