English Explanatory Dictionary

remord

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To feel remorse.
  2. To excite to remorse; to rebuke.

Pronunciation

rĭmôrdʹ /ɹɪˈmɔːd/

Word forms

remord remords remording remorded

Etymology

From the Middle English remorden, from the Anglo-Norman and Middle French remordre and its etymon the Latin remordeō, from re- + mordeō; compare the Catalan remordir, remordre, the French remordre, the Italian rimordere, the Old Occitan remordre, the Portuguese remorder, and the Spanish remorder.

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