rime

English

/ɹaɪm/

noun
Definitions
  • (meteorology) Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface.
  • (meteorology) A coating or sheet of ice so formed.
  • A film or slimy coating.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English rime inherited from Old English hrīm inherited from Proto-Germanic *hrīmaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*krey-

Gloss

separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part

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