frim

adj — 3 senses

frim

adj

/fɹɪm/

Etymology 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.

1

Dialectal, Obsolete Flourishing; thriving

2

Dialectal, Obsolete Vigorous.

3

Dialectal, Obsolete Fresh; luxuriant.

  • Through the Frim pastures freely at his leasure1627, Michael Drayton, “Moses his birth and miracles”, in The Muses Elizium lately discouered:
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