pearmain
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Definition of pearmain
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (obsolete)A type of pear.
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noun
- (obsolete)A type of pear.
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Any of various types of apple, having an elongated shape and often with streaky skin.
“Sweet fruits are best, as sweet cherries, plums, sweet apples, pearmains, and pippins, which Laurentius extols as having a peculiar property against this disease […].”
“1826 June 30, Thomas Greene Fessenden (editor), The New England Farmer, Volume 4 [July 1825—July 1826], page 385, If it were not so, why, for instance, has not the pearmain — a better apple than the Baldwin or any other Massachusetts winter apple now known to me — been propagated as extensively, and brought in plenty to our markets?”
“Apples: Drap d'or, Barcelona pearmain;[…].”
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Etymology
From Anglo-Norman parmain, peremain et al., Middle French parmain, permain (“type of pear or apple”), of uncertain origin.
Words you can make from pearmain
177 playable · top: PERMIAN (11 pts)
Best play permian 11 points6-letter words
12 words5-letter words
34 words- PRAAM 9 pts
- PRIMA 9 pts
- PRIME 9 pts
- REMAP 9 pts
- AIMER 7 pts
- AMAIN 7 pts
- AMINE 7 pts
- AMNIA 7 pts
- ANIMA 7 pts
- ANIME 7 pts
- APIAN 7 pts
- APNEA 7 pts
- ARAME 7 pts
- AREPA 7 pts
- ARPEN 7 pts
- INARM 7 pts
- MANIA 7 pts
- MARIA 7 pts
- MINAE 7 pts
- MINER 7 pts
- NAMER 7 pts
- PAEAN 7 pts
- PARAE 7 pts
- PAREN 7 pts
- PRANA 7 pts
- RAMEN 7 pts
- RAMIE 7 pts
- RAMIN 7 pts
- REMAN 7 pts
- REPIN 7 pts
- RIPEN 7 pts
- ANEAR 5 pts
- ARENA 5 pts
- NAIRA 5 pts
4-letter words
63 words- PERM 8 pts
- PIMA 8 pts
- PRAM 8 pts
- PRIM 8 pts
- RAMP 8 pts
- AMEN 6 pts
- AMIA 6 pts
- AMIE 6 pts
- AMIN 6 pts
- AMIR 6 pts
- APER 6 pts
- EMIR 6 pts
- MAAR 6 pts
- MAIN 6 pts
- MAIR 6 pts
- MANA 6 pts
- MANE 6 pts
- MANI 6 pts
- MARA 6 pts
- MARE 6 pts
- MEAN 6 pts
- MIEN 6 pts
- MINA 6 pts
- MINE 6 pts
- MIRE 6 pts
- NAME 6 pts
- NAPA 6 pts
- NAPE 6 pts
- NEAP 6 pts
- NEMA 6 pts
- NIPA 6 pts
- PAAN 6 pts
- PAIN 6 pts
- PAIR 6 pts
- PANE 6 pts
- PARA 6 pts
- PARE 6 pts
- PEAN 6 pts
- PEAR 6 pts
- PEIN 6 pts
- PERI 6 pts
- PIAN 6 pts
- PIER 6 pts
- PINA 6 pts
- PINE 6 pts
- PIRN 6 pts
- RAMI 6 pts
- RAPE 6 pts
- REAM 6 pts
- REAP 6 pts
- RIME 6 pts
- RIPE 6 pts
- AIRN 4 pts
- AREA 4 pts
- ARIA 4 pts
- ARIE 4 pts
- EARN 4 pts
- NARE 4 pts
- NEAR 4 pts
- RAIA 4 pts
- RAIN 4 pts
- RANI 4 pts
- REIN 4 pts
3-letter words
48 words- AMP 7 pts
- IMP 7 pts
- MAP 7 pts
- PAM 7 pts
- AIM 5 pts
- AMA 5 pts
- AMI 5 pts
- APE 5 pts
- ARM 5 pts
- MAE 5 pts
- MAN 5 pts
- MAR 5 pts
- MEN 5 pts
- MIR 5 pts
- NAM 5 pts
- NAP 5 pts
- NIM 5 pts
- NIP 5 pts
- PAN 5 pts
- PAR 5 pts
- PEA 5 pts
- PEN 5 pts
- PER 5 pts
- PIA 5 pts
- PIE 5 pts
- PIN 5 pts
- RAM 5 pts
- RAP 5 pts
- REM 5 pts
- REP 5 pts
- RIM 5 pts
- RIP 5 pts
- AIN 3 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- ANA 3 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANI 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
- RIN 3 pts
2-letter words
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