yarm

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
9
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/jɑː(ɹ)m/
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/jɑː(ɹ)m/ · /ˈjɑː(ɹ)m/

Definition of yarm

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (UK, dialectal)To cry out; make a loud, unpleasant noise; shriek; yell.
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verb

  1. (UK, dialectal)To cry out; make a loud, unpleasant noise; shriek; yell.
  2. (UK, dialectal)To scold; grumble.

noun

  1. (UK, dialectal)An outcry; noise.

name

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4112).

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Etymology

From Middle English ȝarmen, ȝermen, from Old English ġyrman, ġierman (“to cry, mourn, cry out, roar, lament”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *jarmijan, from Proto-Germanic *jarmijaną, *jarmōną (“to…

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From Middle English ȝarmen, ȝermen, from Old English ġyrman, ġierman (“to cry, mourn, cry out, roar, lament”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *jarmijan, from Proto-Germanic *jarmijaną, *jarmōną (“to bellow, bleat”). Cognate with Scots yirm (“to whine, wail”), dialectal Danish jærme (“to lament, shriek”), dialectal Norwegian jerme (“to bleat”), dialectal Swedish jarma (“to lament, shriek”), Icelandic jarma (“to whine, complain, bleat”). Compare Albanian jerm (“to rave, be delirious”). Compare English yammer.

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