armth

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English armthe, earmthe, from Old English iermþu, from Proto-West Germanic *armiþu (“poverty”), from *arm (“poor, arm”). Equivalent to arm (“poor”) +‎ -th.

Noun[edit]

armth (uncountable)

  1. (UK dialectal or obsolete) Poverty; want; wretchedness; misery; calamity.

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