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lumme

lumme interjection: expressing surprise.

Interjection

  1. (UK, dated) Expressing surprise.
    • In a spasm of uncontrollable excitement James sucked his teeth. "Lumme, it wouldn't 'alf go on the movies, would it?" he remarked. "Better than them Red Indians and things."1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 2, in Bulldog Drummond

Proper noun capitalized: Lumme

Lumme (plural Lummes)

  1. A surname from Finnish.

Forms of lumme

Interjection
alternative formlummy
Proper noun
pluralLummes

Origin of lumme

From Lor' lumme, a corruption of Lord love me. Compare gimme.

Borrowed from Finnish Lumme.

Questions about lumme

What does lumme mean?
Lumme means expressing surprise.
What part of speech is lumme?
Lumme can be an interjection or a proper noun.

Words near lumme in the dictionary

  1. Lumity
  2. Lumkin
  3. Lumley
  4. Lumley Thicks
  5. Lumleys
  6. lumme
  7. Lummes
  8. Lummi
  9. lummiest
  10. Lummis
  11. Lummises

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