larum
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larum (plural larums)
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larum (third-person singular simple present larums, present participle laruming, simple past and past participle larumed)
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larum
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lārum
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Etymology edit
From Old Italian all'arme (“to arms, to the weapons”), from Latin arma, armōrum (“weapons”).
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Noun edit
larum n (indeclinable)
- (derogatory) uproar, especially misguided or dishonest
- Synonyms: wrzawa, wrzask, zamieszanie, zgiełk
- (archaic) alarum, call to arms
- (dated) alarm signal