dammish

D2A1M3M3I1S1H4

verb

to stun, to stupefy

OriginScots dammish ← Middle English damagen →
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Meanings

verbdammish (third-person singular simple present dammishes, present participle dammishing, simple past and past participle dammished)

present singular third person dammishes · participle present dammishing · participle past dammished · past dammished

  1. Scotlandobsoleteto stun, to stupefy

    I was benummed (as it were) and dammished with the sight of the excellent majesty and glory that I saw in him […]

    1660, James Durham, A Commentarie Upon the Book of the Revelation

Origin

  1. Middle Englishdamagen
  2. Scotsdammish
  3. Englishdammish

From Scots dammish, probably from Middle English damagen. Doublet of damage.

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Anagrams

Mahdism
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APA

dammish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dammish

MLA

“dammish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dammish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dammish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dammish.

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