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Marm vs Maim - What's the difference?

marm | maim |

As a noun marm

is (archaic) madam; a polite term of address for a lady.

As a verb maim is

to wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

marm

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) madam; a polite term of address for a lady.
  • Derived terms

    *schoolmarm

    See also

    *ma'am *madam *mam

    Anagrams

    *

    maim

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
  • *
  • *:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed , comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local colour) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
  • Synonyms

    *

    Derived terms

    * maimer

    Anagrams

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