frim

• Rhymes: -ɪm

From Middle English frym, from Old English freme (“vigorous, flourishing”), a secondary form of Old English fram (“strenuous, active, bold, strong”), from Proto-Germanic *framaz, *framiz (“forward, protruding”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forth”). Cognate with German fromm (“strong, brave”), Old English framian (“to avail, profit”). More at frame.

frim (comparative more frim, superlative most frim)

1. (dialectal, archaic or obsolete) Flourishing, thriving
2. (dialectal, archaic or obsolete) Vigorous
3. (dialectal, archaic or obsolete) Fresh; luxuriant
   • Michael Drayton

     Through the frim pastures, freely at his leisures.

• frame

Dialectal variant of fremd.

frim (comparative frimmer or more frim, superlative frimmest or most frim)

1. (Britain dialectal) Alternative form of fremd

   frim folk

frim (comparative more frim, superlative most frim)

1. (Judaism) Alternative form of frum

• fMRI, firm