wem

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /wɛm/

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English wem, wemme, from Old English wamm ‎(“stain, spot, scar, disgrace, defect, defilement, sin, evil, crime, injury, loss, hurt, misfortune”), from Proto-Germanic *wammaz ‎(“stain, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- ‎(“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Icelandic vamm ‎(“loss, damage”), Latin vomō ‎(“vomit”, verb) (English vomit), Ancient Greek ἐμέω ‎(eméō, “I spew”) (English emesis), Lithuanian vemti ‎(“to vomit”), Sanskrit वमति ‎(vamati, “to vomit”)

Alternative formsEdit

• weam, weem
• wame, wan (Scotland)

NounEdit

wem ‎(plural wems)

1. (Britain dialectal) A spot; stain; mark; scar; weal; bruise.
2. (Britain dialectal) A (moral) blemish; fault; blemish; taint.
3. (Britain dialectal) Neglect; damage.

Derived termsEdit

• wemless
• wemmy

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English wemmen, from Old English wemman ‎(“to defile, besmirch, profane, injure, ill-treat, destroy, abuse, revile”), from Proto-Germanic *wammijaną ‎(“to stain”), from Proto-Indo-European *wem- ‎(“to spew, vomit”).

VerbEdit

wem ‎(third-person singular simple present wems, present participle wemming, simple past and past participle wemmed)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To injure or disfigure; blemish; mark; scar.
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To defile; pollute; corrupt; vitiate.
3. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To violate (one's word).

Derived termsEdit

• wemmed
• wemming

AnagramsEdit

• mew

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /veːm/

PronounEdit

wem

1. (interrogative) dative of wer, (to) whom (indirect object).

External linksEdit

• wem in Duden online