larum

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A form of alarum — A danger signal or warning.

Scrabble 7
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Meanings

nounlarum (plural larums)

plural larums

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of alarum.

    […] and so comes forth, and rings a tedious Larum to the whole House, and then is quiet again for an Hour, but for her Quarters.

    1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
verblarum (third-person singular simple present larums, present participle laruming, simple past and past participle larumed)

present singular third person larums · participle present laruming · participle past larumed · past larumed

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of alarum.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
friar's cowl

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

mural
Cite this entry
APA

larum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/larum

MLA

“larum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/larum. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “larum,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/larum.

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