rame
Meanings
noun
- A remark or complaint repeated incessantly.
verb
- To complain or cry incessantly.
- To talk nonsensically.
noun
- A stalk or branch, especially when dried.
- A framework or skeleton.
- The bones of the body; skeleton.
Pronunciation
Word forms
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”).
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