frim
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See also: FRIM
English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]frim (comparative more frim, superlative most frim) (dialectal or obsolete)
- Flourishing; thriving
- Vigorous.
- 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
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Dialectal variant of fremd.
Adjective
[edit]frim (comparative frimmer or more frim, superlative frimmest or most frim)
Etymology 3
[edit]Adjective
[edit]frim (comparative more frim, superlative most frim)
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