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neam

neam is the alternative 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 neam

pluralneams

Origin of neam

Rebracketing of eam. Compare naunt.

Questions about neam

What is neam the alternative form of?
Neam is the alternative form of eam.

Words near neam in the dictionary

  1. Nealons
  2. neals
  3. Nealses
  4. Nealy
  5. Nealys
  6. neam
  7. Neamdale
  8. neamine
  9. neams
  10. Neamț
  11. Neander

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