derm
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English
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[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
Etymology 1
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”). Doublet of derma.
Noun
[edit]derm
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]derm (plural derms)
- (slang) Clipping of dermatologist.
Etymology 3
[edit]Borrowed from Afrikaans derm (“intestine”), related to Dutch darm (“intestine”). Doublet of tharm.
Noun
[edit]derm (plural derms)
- (South Africa, slang, usually in the plural) Guts, entrails.
- What are you going to do with the fish derms?
- I saw an accident and a girl was lying on the pavement and her derms were all hanging out.
References
[edit]- 1978: A Dictionary of South African English. Ed. Jean Branford. Oxford University Press.
References
[edit]- ^ “derm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “derm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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[edit]Afrikaans
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Noun
[edit]derm (plural derms)
- intestine, gut; e.g. in anatomy, the term "slukderm" (literally "swallowing gut") is a technically established term for "oesophagus".
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