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dram¹
- /dɹæm/
Rhymes with -æm
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English dragme /dramme, from Old French dragme, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight; a handful”). Doublet of drachma, diram, dirham, dirhem, and adarme.
noun drams
- Alternative form of drachm (“One sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois (1.77 g; symbol: ʒ)”).
- Alternative form of drachm (“One eighth of an ounce apothecary (3.89 g; symbol: ʒ)”).
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Synonym of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g).
Dram (49·5 grains), 100=chequi, 4=oka (2·8286 ℔); dram (49·5 grains), 180=rotl, 100=kintal or kantar (127·29 ℔).
Similar: dirhem
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Synonym of drachma: a former Greek unit of weight (about 4.3 g).
Similar: drachma
- Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison. a dram of brandy
- A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines. The rolling stock, consisting entirely of four-wheel open trucks, or drams, was broken up at Bonvilles Court Colliery.
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Synonym of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.
They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams [i.e., the Persian daric] of gold, and five thousand pound of silver […]
Similar: drachma
verb drams · dramming · drammed
- To drink drams. What I contend against is, this dramming, dramming, dramming, at all hours of the day. There are some men who take a glass at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and at four in the afternoon.
- To ply with drams of drink. The parents[…]are getting ready their daughter for sale[…]praying her, and imploring her, and dramming her, and coaxing her.
dram²
- /dɹæm/
- /dɹɑm/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Armenian դրամ (dram), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (ZWZN /drahm/), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight, a handful”), from δράσσομαι (drássomai, “to hold, seize”).
noun drams
- The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.
DRAM³
noun DRAMs
- Initialism of dynamic random access memory
Translations
Talk about this word "dram." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dram. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dram. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dram "dram." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dram.Cite this
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title = {dram},
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year = {2026},
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