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rame¹

  • /reɪm/

Rhymes with -eɪm

Where it comes from

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”).

noun raim · rane · rhame

  1. Scotland A remark or complaint repeated incessantly. "Does he ever mention the king in his prayer?" "O yes: always." "What does he say about him?" "Something about the sceptre of righteousness, and the standard of truth. I ken he has some rhame about him."

verb rames · raming · ramed · raim · rane

  1. Northern England, Scotland To complain or cry incessantly. The münelicht sea—It rugs at the he'rt o' me, An' rames an' rames eternally.
  2. Northern England, Scotland To talk nonsensically. Yiss, ramin, ravin mad at Betty sood be abune her edder wan wye or da idder.

rame²

  • /reɪm/

Rhymes with -eɪm

Where it comes from

From late Middle English rame, from or akin to Middle Dutch raem, rame (“framework, frame”), from Old Dutch *hrama, from Proto-West Germanic *hramu (“frame, support”). Possible doublet of frame.

noun rames

  1. A stalk or branch, especially when dried. Twice in thy pleasant year the wattles crown With golden down Their somber rames, and with the gums' stiff leaves A dusk-white fragrant bloom May interweaves
  2. A framework or skeleton.
  3. of a human or animal The bones of the body; skeleton.

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@misc{rame_2026,
  title = {rame},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rame},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}