rame

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A remark or complaint repeated incessantly.
verb
  1. To complain or cry incessantly.
  2. To talk nonsensically.
noun
  1. A stalk or branch, especially when dried.
  2. A framework or skeleton.
  3. The bones of the body; skeleton.

Pronunciation

/reɪm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rame.wav

Word forms

rame raim rane rhame rames raming ramed

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”).

Derived words

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