grame
Anger; wrath; scorn; bitterness; repugnanceAnger; wrath; scorn; bitterness; repugnance.
Meaning
2 senses(obsolete, uncountable)Anger; wrath; scorn; bitterness; repugnance.
(obsolete, uncountable)Sorrow; grief; misery.
Origin
From Middle English grame, gram, grome, from Old English grama (“rage, anger, trouble, devFrom Middle English grame, gram, grome, from Old English grama (“rage, anger, trouble, devil, demon”), from Proto-Germanic *gramô (“anger”), *gramaz (“fiend, enemy”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to rub, grind, scrape”). Cognate with Middle Dutch gram (“angry”), Dutch gram (“wrath”), Middle Low German gram (“anger”), German Gram (“grief, sorrow”), Old Danish gram (“devil”), Icelandic gramir, gröm (“fiends, demons”). Related to gram (“angry”, adjective), grim.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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