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nimmed

nimmed is the past participle of nim.

Meaning of nim

Verb

nim (third-person singular simple present nims, present participle nimming, simple past nam or nimmed, past participle num or nimmed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To take or seize.
    • Ich cham a Cornysche man, al[e] che can brew; […] Nym me a quart of ale, that iche may it of sup.1547 (original; printed 1870), Andrew Boorde, The First Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge, page 122
  2. (archaic, slang, transitive) To filch, steal, pilfer.
    • They'll question Mars, and, by his look,
      Detect who 'twas that nimm'd a cloak;1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 1
  3. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.
    • The old lady does nim along.1856, Thompson, Hist. Boston, page 716, quoted in 1903, Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary: M-Q, page 273

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Questions about nimmed

What is nimmed the past participle of?
Nimmed is the past participle of nim.

Words near nimmed in the dictionary

  1. nimious
  2. nimiously
  3. nimisin
  4. nimite
  5. Nimitz
  6. nimmed
  7. Nimmegen
  8. nimmer
  9. nimmers
  10. nimming
  11. Nimmitabel

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