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marierom

marierom is the obsolete form of marjoram.

Meaning of marjoram

Noun

marjoram (countable and uncountable, plural marjorams)

  1. A herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.
    • The Lillie I condemned for thy hand, / And buds of marierom had ſtolne thy haire1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 99”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    amaracus
  2. The leaves of this plant, especially dried, used in flavouring food.

See all 3 meanings of marjoram

Forms of marierom

pluralmarieroms

Questions about marierom

What is marierom the obsolete form of?
Marierom is the obsolete form of marjoram.

Words near marierom in the dictionary

  1. Marien
  2. Marienbadism
  3. Marienfelde
  4. mariengroschen
  5. Mariens
  6. marierom
  7. marieroms
  8. Maries
  9. Maries County
  10. mariet
  11. Marieta Islands

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marierom (page history and authors); marjoram (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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