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maime

maime is the obsolete spelling of maim.

Meaning of maim

Noun

maim (plural maims)

  1. (obsolete) A severe, serious wound.
    • it ſequeſtred me from the woonted meanes of my maintenance, which is as great a maime to any mans happineſſe as can bee feared from the hands of miſerie, or the deepe pit of diſpaire wherinto I was falne, beyond my greateſt friendes reach to recouer mee1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 1

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Forms of maime

Noun
pluralmaimes
Verb
third-person singular presentmaimes
present participlemaiming
past participlemaimed
pastmaimed

Questions about maime

What is maime the obsolete spelling of?
Maime is the obsolete spelling of maim.

Words near maime in the dictionary

  1. maily
  2. maim
  3. Maimacterion
  4. Maimakterion
  5. Maimbung
  6. maime
  7. maimed
  8. maimedly
  9. maimedness
  10. maimee
  11. maimees

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