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maim
English
Etymology
From Middle English maymen, mahaymen, from Anglo-Norman maheimer, mahaigner, of Germanic origin; see mayhem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me?m/
- Rhymes: -e?m
Verb
maim (third-person singular simple present maims, present participle maiming, simple past and past participle maimed)
- To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
- Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local colour) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
Synonyms
- mutilate
Derived terms
- maimer
Translations
Noun
maim (plural maims)
- (obsolete) A serious wound
Anagrams
- I'mma, Imma, Mami, imam, imma, mami
Tocharian B
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *meim, a nominal derivative of *mei- (“to measure”). Possibly linked to Proto-Indo-European *mod-ye/o- or *m?dye/o-, derivatives of *med- (“to measure, give advice, heal”) (whence Latin meditor and Old Irish midithir), or alternatively to *meh?-ye/o- from *meh?- (“to measure”) (whence Latin m?tior). Compare Tocharian A mem.
Noun
maim ?
- thought, thinking
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ruffler
English
Etymology
ruffle +? -er
Noun
ruffler (plural rufflers)
- (historical) ruffian, bully, villain; especially a 16th-17th century vagabond operating under the guise of a maimed soldier or sailor
- 1978, Michael Moorcock, Gloriana; or, The Unfulfill'd Queen, Chapter 1:
- The ruffler in leather, who lately went fighting through the door, has returned, presumably by means of another entrance.
- 1978, Michael Moorcock, Gloriana; or, The Unfulfill'd Queen, Chapter 1:
- swaggerer
- a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles
Further reading
- ruffler at OneLook Dictionary Search
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- how do you use a ruffler foot
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