Definitions
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- noun An intestine; an entrail; gut.
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- noun An
intestine ; anentrail ;gut .
Etymologies
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From Middle English tharm, therm, from Old English þearm ("gut, entrail, intestine"), from Proto-Germanic *þarmaz (“guts”), from Proto-Indo-European *tormos, *torh2mo- (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to rub, bore, twist”). Cognate with Scots thairm ("gut, bowel, intestine"), North Frisian teerm ("bowel"), West Frisian term ("bowel"), Dutch darm ("bowel, gut, intestine"), German Darm ("gut, intestine, bowel"), Swedish tarm ("bowel, gut"), Icelandic þarmur ("bowel"), Latin trāmes ("way, path, track"), Ancient Greek τράμις (trámis, "tharm, gut") and Albanian tharm ("yeast, acidity") from thërmoj ("to crumble, shatter, crush").
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fbharjo commented on the word tharm
gut
January 20, 2009
qms commented on the word tharm
In Scotland they claim there is charm in it
And doctors do say there’s no harm in it,
But eating of haggis
I’m certain would gag us
Because we’re alarmed by the tharm in it.
May 30, 2018