flawme

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French flame, from Latin flamma, from Proto-Italic *flagmā. Some forms influenced by Old French flambe, flamble, from Latin flammula.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflau̯m(ə)/, /ˈflam(ə)/, /ˈflaːm(ə)/
  • (influenced by flambe) IPA(key): /ˈflau̯mb(ə)/, /ˈflamb(ə)/

Noun

flawme (plural flawmes)

  1. A flame; a visible tongue of gas and vapour forming part of a fire.
  2. Fire (in the abstract or an instantiation)
  3. Intensity of belief or passion; the magnitude of one's emotional output.
  4. (rare) A kind of flowering plant with fiery-coloured petals.
Descendants
  • English: flame
  • Scots: flam
References

Verb

flawme

  1. Alternative form of flawmen
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