chirm
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 5
Definition of chirm
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (obsolete)A din or confused noise, as of many voices, birdsong, etc.
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noun
- (obsolete)A din or confused noise, as of many voices, birdsong, etc.
verb
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(obsolete)To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird does.
“Chyrme or chur, as byrdes do.”
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Etymology
From Middle English chirmen (“to chirp, twitter”), from Old English ċirman (“to make a noise, cry out, shout”), from Proto-West Germanic *karmijan (“to make a sound”). The noun is from…
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From Middle English chirmen (“to chirp, twitter”), from Old English ċirman (“to make a noise, cry out, shout”), from Proto-West Germanic *karmijan (“to make a sound”). The noun is from Middle English chirm (“the call of various birds; chirping”), from Old English ċirm, ċyrm, ċearm (“noise, cry, alarm”), from Proto-West Germanic *karmi, *karm, from Proto-Germanic *karmaz, *karmiz. Doublet of charm (“sound, voices; group, flock”).
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