frim

See also: FRIM

English

Pronunciation

• 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)

1. (dialectal, archaic or obsolete) Flourishing, thriving
2. (dialectal, archaic or obsolete) Vigorous
3. (dialectal, archaic or obsolete) 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

• frame

Etymology 2

Dialectal variant of fremd.

Adjective

frim (comparative frimmer or more frim, superlative frimmest or most frim)

1. (UK dialectal) Alternative form of fremd

   frim folk

Etymology 3

Adjective

frim (comparative more frim, superlative most frim)

1. (Judaism) Alternative form of frum

Anagrams

• fMRI, firm