frim
See also: FRIM
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɹɪm/
- Rhymes: -ɪm
Etymology 1
From Middle English frym, from Old English freme (“vigorous, flourishing”), a secondary form of Old English fram (“strenuous, active, bold, strong”), from Proto-Germanic *framaz, *framiz (“forward, protruding”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forth”). Cognate with German fromm (“strong, brave”), Old English framian (“to avail, profit”). More at frame.
Adjective
frim (comparative more frim, superlative most frim) (dialectal or obsolete)
- Flourishing; thriving
- Vigorous.
- Fresh; luxuriant.
- 1627, Michael Drayton, “Moses his birth and miracles”, in The Muses Elizium lately discouered[1]:
- Through the Frim pastures freely at his leasure
Related terms
Etymology 2
Dialectal variant of fremd.
Adjective
frim (comparative frimmer or more frim, superlative frimmest or most frim)
Etymology 3
Adjective
frim (comparative more frim, superlative most frim)