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eame

eame is the obsolete form of eam.

Meaning of eam

Noun

eam (plural eams)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) Uncle.
    • James Melville remarked that during his uncle's time in Geneva he became “weill acquented with my eam, Mr. hendrie Scrymgeour” and was said to have been “a frequent visitor at his lodgings in town, and also at the Violet.2011, Ernest R. Holloway, Andrew Melville and Humanism in Renaissance Scotland 1545-1622

Forms of eame

pluraleames

Questions about eame

What is eame the obsolete form of?
Eame is the obsolete form of eam.

Words near eame in the dictionary

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