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wames

wame
W w

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [weym]
    • /weɪm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [weym]
    • /weɪm/

Definitions of wames word

  • noun wames Scot. and North England. belly. 1
  • noun wames plural of wame. 0

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Origin of wames

First appearance:

before 1325
One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English (north and Scots) wayme, variant of womb

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Wames

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

wames popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

wames usage trend in Literature

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