larum

See also: Larum and -larum

English

Noun

larum (plural larums)

1. Obsolete form of alarum.
   • 1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     […] and so comes forth, and rings a tedious Larum to the whole House, and then is quiet again for an Hour, but for her Quarters.

Derived terms

• larum-bell

Verb

larum (third-person singular simple present larums, present participle laruming, simple past and past participle larumed)

1. Obsolete form of alarum.

Anagrams

• mural, rumal

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫa.rũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlaː.rum]

Etymology 1

Noun

larum

1. genitive plural of lār

Etymology 2

Noun

larum

1. accusative singular of larus

Old English

Noun

lārum

1. dative plural of lār

Polish

Etymology

From Old Italian all'arme (“to arms, to the weapons”), from Latin arma, armōrum (“weapons”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.rum/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Żywiec) IPA^(key): [ˈla.rum]

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• Rhymes: -arum
• Syllabification: la‧rum

Noun

larum n (indeclinable)

1. (derogatory) uproar, especially misguided or dishonest

   Synonyms: wrzawa, wrzask, zamieszanie, zgiełk

2. (archaic) alarum, call to arms
3. (dated) alarm signal

Further reading

• “larum”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “larum”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Leon Rzeszowski (1891), “larum”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności‎^[3], volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 357