Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)Clammy.

Examples

21 sentences

  1. I'm as happy as a clam.

    deIch bin überglücklich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Are crabs and clams considered fish?

    deGelten Krebse und Muscheln als Fische? — Yorwba

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  3. I am as happy as a clam.

    ruЯ счастлив, как ребёнок. — odexed

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  4. Tom ate a bowl of clam chowder.

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  5. I've never eaten clams.

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Origin

From Middle English clammen, clemen (“to smear, bedaub”), from Old English clǣman (“to sme

From Middle English clammen, clemen (“to smear, bedaub”), from Old English clǣman (“to smear, bedaub”). Cognate with German klamm (“clammy”). See also clammy (“damp, cold and sticky”) and clem (“to adhere, stick, plug (a hole)”).

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Forms

clammer, clammest
Comparativeclammer Lesson
Superlativeclammest Lesson

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbeclam

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
claimB1clairvoyantclamberclammyC1clamor
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