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opime

UK/əˈpaɪm/US/əˈpaɪm/

opime adjective: magnificent, rich, plenteous.

Adjective

opime

  1. (obsolete, rare) magnificent, rich, plenteous
    • That is to ſay, Thoſe great and opime Preferments and Dignities which thy ambitious and wordly minde ſo longingly hankers after.1664, Henry More, “Part the Firſt, Book II, Chapter XV”, in A modeſt Enquiry into the Myſtery of Iniquity, London: J. Fleſher, page 425
    • For, shou'd you come before the Brume's abated
      Th' Opime you'd linquish for the Macerated.1737, François Rabelais, “Book V”, in Peter Anthony Motteux, Sir Thomas Urquhart, transl., The Works of Mr. Francois Rabelais […] , volume 2, Navarre Society, published 1921, page 438

Origin of opime

From Latin opīmus (“fertile, plump”).

Questions about opime

What does opime mean?
Opime means magnificent, rich, plenteous.
What part of speech is opime?
Opime is an adjective.
How do you pronounce opime?
Opime is pronounced /əˈpaɪm/ (UK).

Words near opime in the dictionary

  1. opilionologist
  2. opilionologists
  3. opilionology
  4. opilios
  5. OPIM
  6. opime
  7. Opimian
  8. OPIMs
  9. opinability
  10. opinable
  11. opinant

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