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rameish

rameish noun: nonsense, foolish talk.

Noun

rameish (uncountable)

  1. (Ireland) nonsense, foolish talk
    • Don't listen to him, said my father. He talks rameish.2011, Dermot Healy, Sudden Times, . Random House, →ISBN, page 139

Verb

rameish (third-person singular simple present rameishes, present participle rameishing, simple past and past participle rameished)

  1. (Ireland) to talk nonsense, talk idly
    • ‘She’s so childish to be going on with all that kind of rawmaishing out of her,’ Kate snapped.1987, Maeve Binchy, Firefly Summer, . Random House, →ISBN, page 439
    • “I hope he wasn’t delayed rameishing on with some customer today of all days,” Benny heard her mother say to Patsy.1990, Maeve Binchy, Circle of Friends, . Random House, →ISBN, page 15

Forms of rameish

Noun
alternative formrawmaish
Verb
third-person singular presentrameishes
present participlerameishing
past participlerameished
pastrameished

Origin of rameish

From Irish ráiméis (“nonsense, poppycock”), from Norman romance. Doublet of romance.

Questions about rameish

What does rameish mean?
Rameish means nonsense, foolish talk.
What part of speech is rameish?
Rameish can be a noun or a verb.

Words near rameish in the dictionary

  1. rameauite
  2. ramed
  3. ramed over
  4. ramee
  5. ramees
  6. rameish
  7. ramekin
  8. ramekins
  9. ramelteon
  10. ramen
  11. ramen profitable

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