lyme

See also: Lyme

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

lyme (third-person singular simple present lym, present participle ed, simple past and past participle lymed)

1. (Jamaica, slang) to hang out (to spend time doing nothing in particular)
   • 2006, Colin Channer, Iron Balloons: Hit Fiction from Jamaica's Calabash Writer's Workshop:

     But everyday, while all of this was going on, there'd be some lyming (hanging out)—and this is how the spirit of the music was absorbed, how apprentices both learned and caught on.

   • 2008, Thomas Glave, The Torturer's Wife, page 229:

     […] in Carlton's living room one Saturday evening, spending a few hours lyming over rum and, of all things, codfish dumplings, another thing Carlton loved, even in the evening […]

   • 2008 December 21, “Glitz, glamour and party!”, in Jamaica Gleaner‎^[1]:

     Guests were directed to the cocktail area where they lymed and enjoyed finger food with a choice of sorrel or fruit punch.

   • 2018 June 17, “Auto Bonding - Fathers Use Automotives To Build Relationships With Their Children”, in Jamaica Gleaner‎^[2]:

     Barnes, who organised the day's activities which involved several fathers and their children lyming at DaCosta Farms and Adventures, was very adamant that it is important for fathers to bond with their kids while they are still young.

Anagrams

• elmy, myel-, yelm, ylem

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English lim, from Proto-Germanic *limuz.

Alternative forms

• lym, lime, lim, limæ, leome, leme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lim/, /leːm/

Noun

lyme (plural lymes)

2. organ, body part
3. limb, extremity of the body
4. (figurative) An extremity, branch, or extension.
5. (Christianity) A good Christian.
6. A devoted member of any other cause.

Descendants

• English: limb
• Scots: lim, lym

References

• “lim (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-09.

Etymology 2

From Old English līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz.

Alternative forms

• lym, lime, lim

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːm/

Noun

lyme

2. lime, quicklime
3. birdlime
4. mortar, grout

Descendants

• English: lime

References

• “līm (n.(2))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-09.