Meanings
teme1
nounteme (plural temes)
plural temes
- A meme which lives in a technological artifact rather than the human mind.
Teme2
proper noun
- A river which rises in Powys, Wales, before entering England, flowing through Shropshire, Herefordshire, for a short distance, and Worcestershire, and joining the River Severn south of Worcester.
- A minor river in Marlborough, New Zealand, which flows into the (Marlborough) Avon River.
Origin
teme · noun
Blend of technological + meme; introduced by Susan Blackmore in 2008.
Full word history & related roots →Teme · proper noun
From the same base of many other rivers in England; see the cognates listed at Thames.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
teme. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teme
MLA
“teme.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teme. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teme,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teme.
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