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demmy

demmy is the alternative form of damme.

Meaning of damme

Interjection

  1. (archaic) Expressing anger or vehemence.
    • He was ſtretched upon a ſopha—with boots on—a terrier lay on one ſide of him, and he occaſionally embraced a large hound, which licked his face and hands, while he thus addreſſed it.—“Oh! thou dear bitchy—thou beautiful bitchy—damme, if I don’t love thee better than my mother or my ſiſters.”1792, Charlotte Smith, “Letter V. To Mr. Bethel.”, in Desmond. […], volume I, London: […] G[eorge,] G[eorge,] J[ohn] and J[ames] Robinson, […], →OCLC, page 57

Noun capitalized: Demmy

Demmy (plural Demmys or Demmies)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Demmie.
    • H. G. was here lately, preaching political truths to the Green Mountain boys. Malicious ‘demmys’ did say he preached for hire, that he put money in his purse thereby, but I know that out of his purse came all his expenses, and never a cent went therein.1849 December, C. D. Stuart, Esq., “Rambledom: in Four Chapters. Chapter First”, in The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, volume 34, number 6, New York: Samuel Hueston, page 490

Forms of demmy

pluralDemmys
pluralDemmies

Questions about demmy

What is demmy the alternative form of?
Demmy is the alternative form of damme.
What part of speech is demmy?
Demmy is a noun.
What is the plural of demmy?
The plural of demmy is Demmys.

Words near demmy in the dictionary

  1. Demmick
  2. demmie
  3. demmies
  4. Demmons
  5. Demmonses
  6. demmy
  7. Demmys
  8. demnition
  9. demo
  10. demo group
  11. demo groups

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Adapted from Wiktionary: demmy (page history and authors); Demmy (page history and authors); damme (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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