rime
4 synonyms for rime, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — In the archaic plural form rimes: originally, frozen dew that formed a white coating on surfaces exposed to it; hoar frost.
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hoarfrost
hoar
Etymology
The noun is derived from Middle English rim, rime, rym, ryme (“hoar frost; rime”), from Old English hrīm (“frost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrīm (“rime; hoar frost”), from Proto-Germanic *hrīmą (North Germanic), *hrīmaz, *hrīmô (“rime; hoar frost”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to graze, touch; to strea...
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