widdrimn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪdr(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈwɪdrəm/, Scottish English

/ˈwɪdr(ə)m/

Forms: pre-1700 woddram, pre-1700 wodroam, pre-1700 wodrome, 1800s widdreme, 1800s widdrom, 1800s windream, 1800s windrem, 1800s woodrum, 1800s– widdrim, 1800s– wuddrum.

Origin: Either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or (ii) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: English wōd-drēam ; widden-dream n.

Etymology: Either the reflex of Old English wōd-drēam (see widden-dream n.), or shortened < widden-dream n.The forms windream, windrem would appear to make the latter derivation more likely.

Scottish (now literary).

A state of madness, frenzy, or confusion; (also) a nightmare; = widden-dream n.

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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [noun] > insanity or madness > fit of madness

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1644 in S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Islands (1822) 594 The said sickness was taken off the said Marion and casten upon a young cow of the said John's, which took wodrome.

1644 in S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Islands (1822) 597 Ane uther cow..also died mad and in woddram.

1807 J. Jamieson Water Kelpie in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (new ed.) IV. 341 The trout, the par, now here, now thare, As in a widdrim bang.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Widden-dreme, Windrem, Widdrim, In a widden dream, or windream, all of a sudden; also, in a state of confusion.

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 45 Sae fiercelins had his wid-dreme stirr'd him.

1846 Drummond's Muckomachy iii. ix. 53 They dream of their dour day-light scuffles, Lounderin' wi' licks, Skelpin wi' sticks, In wid-drim whilk their beds curfuffles.

1932 W. Soutar in Mod. Scot 3 17 Hae anither keek At a' our cronnies..: a hantle's daft Just like yersell, an' hardly ane Haudna a wuddrum i' the bane.

1994 E. Morgan tr. G. Leopardi in Sweeping out Dark 99 I tell ye, Malc, thon wes an eerie widdrim I hud yestreen.

2007 S. Blackhall Quarry iv. 38 The Ceramians and the Tomini..socht tae win baith Septiles an Skreichmakkers tae jyne their intergalactic airmies tae bigg their empire, makkin eese o the smeddum an wuddrum o baith the twa o the Yird's species.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	widdrim
释义	widdrimn. Brit. /ˈwɪdr(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈwɪdrəm/, Scottish English /ˈwɪdr(ə)m/ Forms: pre-1700 woddram, pre-1700 wodroam, pre-1700 wodrome, 1800s widdreme, 1800s widdrom, 1800s windream, 1800s windrem, 1800s woodrum, 1800s– widdrim, 1800s– wuddrum. Origin: Either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or (ii) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: English wōd-drēam ; widden-dream n. Etymology: Either the reflex of Old English wōd-drēam (see widden-dream n.), or shortened < widden-dream n.The forms windream, windrem would appear to make the latter derivation more likely. Scottish (now literary). A state of madness, frenzy, or confusion; (also) a nightmare; = widden-dream n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [noun] > insanity or madness > fit of madness widden-dreamOE resea1300 ragec1330 lunacy1541 raving1549 fit1594 moon1607 ravening1607 lunesa1616 rapturea1616 widdrim1644 raptus1740 brain storm1890 1644 in S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Islands (1822) 594 The said sickness was taken off the said Marion and casten upon a young cow of the said John's, which took wodrome. 1644 in S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Islands (1822) 597 Ane uther cow..also died mad and in woddram. 1807 J. Jamieson Water Kelpie in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (new ed.) IV. 341 The trout, the par, now here, now thare, As in a widdrim bang. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Widden-dreme, Windrem, Widdrim, In a widden dream, or windream, all of a sudden; also, in a state of confusion. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 45 Sae fiercelins had his wid-dreme stirr'd him. 1846 Drummond's Muckomachy iii. ix. 53 They dream of their dour day-light scuffles, Lounderin' wi' licks, Skelpin wi' sticks, In wid-drim whilk their beds curfuffles. 1932 W. Soutar in Mod. Scot 3 17 Hae anither keek At a' our cronnies..: a hantle's daft Just like yersell, an' hardly ane Haudna a wuddrum i' the bane. 1994 E. Morgan tr. G. Leopardi in Sweeping out Dark 99 I tell ye, Malc, thon wes an eerie widdrim I hud yestreen. 2007 S. Blackhall Quarry iv. 38 The Ceramians and the Tomini..socht tae win baith Septiles an Skreichmakkers tae jyne their intergalactic airmies tae bigg their empire, makkin eese o the smeddum an wuddrum o baith the twa o the Yird's species. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1644
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