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Webster 1913 Edition

Wem

Wem

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Womb
.]
The abdomen; the uterus; the womb.
[Obs.]

Wem

,
Noun.
[AS.
wam
,
wamm
.]
Spot; blemish; harm; hurt.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.
Withouten
wem
of you, through foul and fair.
Chaucer.

Wem

,
Verb.
T.
[AS.
wemman
.]
To stain; to blemish; to harm; to corrupt.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Wem

WEM

,
Noun.
A spot; a scar.

WEM

, v.t To corrupt.

Definition 2024

wem

wem

English

Alternative forms

Noun

wem ‎(plural wems)

  1. (Britain dialectal) A spot; stain; mark; scar; weal; bruise.
  2. (Britain dialectal) A (moral) blemish; fault; blemish; taint.
  3. (Britain dialectal) Neglect; damage.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English wemmen, from Old English wemman ‎(“to defile, besmirch, profane, injure, ill-treat, destroy, abuse, revile”), from Proto-Germanic *wammijaną ‎(“to stain”), from Proto-Indo-European *wem- ‎(“to spew, vomit”).

Verb

wem ‎(third-person singular simple present wems, present participle wemming, simple past and past participle wemmed)

  1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To injure or disfigure; blemish; mark; scar.
  2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To defile; pollute; corrupt; vitiate.
  3. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To violate (one's word).

Derived terms

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veːm/

Pronoun

wem

  1. (interrogative) dative of wer, (to) whom (indirect object).

Etymology

From Middle English wem, wemme, from Old English wamm ‎(“stain, spot, scar, disgrace, defect, defilement, sin, evil, crime, injury, loss, hurt, misfortune”), from Proto-Germanic *wammaz ‎(“stain, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- ‎(“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Icelandic vamm ‎(“loss, damage”), Latin vomō ‎(“vomit”, verb) (English vomit), Ancient Greek ἐμέω ‎(eméō, “I spew”) (English emesis), Lithuanian vemti ‎(“to vomit”), Sanskrit वमति ‎(vamati, “to vomit”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɛm/

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