forme fader
Middle English
Alternative forms
- vorme fader, forme ffader, forme-fader, formere fader, forme-ffadir, fferme ffader, foorme fader, form fader, forme fadir, fform fadur, former fader
Etymology
From forme (“first”) + fader.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔrm(ə)ˈfadər/, /fɔrm(ə)ˈfaːdər/
Noun
forme fader (plural forme fadres)
- Adam (as the progenitor of humankind)
- forefather, ancestor
References
- “form(e-fā̆der, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.