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rame

Pronunciation: /reɪm/

The English word “rame” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A remark or complaint repeated incessantly.
  2. A stalk or branch, especially when dried.
  3. A framework or skeleton.
  4. The bones of the body; skeleton.

verb

  1. To complain or cry incessantly.
  2. To talk nonsensically.

Etymology

From Northern Middle English ramen (“to cry out, scream”), from Old English *hrāmian, from Proto-West Germanic *hraimōn, from Proto-Germanic *hraimōną (“to scream”), *hraimaz (“a scream”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerey- (“to scream, screech”). Cognate with Old Norse hreimr (“a scream, cry”), and possibly to Old English hrēam (“a cry, outcry, tumult, noise”).

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