leme

L1E1M3E1
/liːm/

noun

A ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.

OriginMiddle English leem ← Old English lēoma →
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Meanings

nounleme (plural lemes)

plural lemes · alternative leam · alternative leem

  1. obsoleteA ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.

    Thereby the incomprehensible majestie of God, as it were by a bright leme of a torch or candle, is declared to the blinde inhabitants of this world.

    1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC
verbleme (third-person singular simple present lemes, present participle leming, simple past and past participle lemed)

present singular third person lemes · participle present leming · participle past lemed · past lemed · alternative leam · alternative leem

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo shine.

Origin

  1. Old Englishlēoma“light, brightness”
  2. Middle Englishleem
  3. Englishleme

From Middle English leem, leme, leam, from Old English lēoma (“light, brightness”); akin to light.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with leme

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Anagrams

elemmeleEmel
Cite this entry
APA

leme. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leme

MLA

“leme.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leme. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leme,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leme.

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