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yarm.

To cry out; make a loud, unpleasant noise; shriek; yell.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/jɑː(ɹ)m/
  1. To cry out; make a loud, unpleasant noise; shriek; yell.

    UK · dialectal
  2. To scold; grumble.

    UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/jɑː(ɹ)m/
  1. An outcry; noise.

    UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English ȝarm, from ȝarmen.

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