frim

See also: FRIM

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹɪm/
• 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) (dialectal or obsolete)

1. Flourishing; thriving
2. Vigorous.
3. 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