alarum

[ uh-lar-uh m, uh-lahr- ]

/ əˈlær əm, əˈlɑr- /

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noun Archaic.

alarm.

RELATED WORDS

bell, siren, warning, signal, alert

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Examples from the Web for alarum

Their guide, light-eyed for scares, seemed to know them all, and reserved his alarum for signs in the sky invisible to the party.
Love and Lucy|Maurice Henry Hewlett
There is also an alarum marked with arabic figures one to twelve.
Chats on Old Clocks|Arthur Hayden
Caput parvum; alarum basis squamis conspicuis, elongatis imbricata.
Zoological Illustrations, Volume III|William Swainson
Without a moment's delay, I set up an alarum that might have wakened the whole village; at any rate, it woke our whole house.
Cat and Dog|Julia Charlotte Maitland

Alarum for alarm, is merely a corruption produced by mispronunciation.
Notes and Queries, Number 46, Saturday, September 14, 1850|Various

British Dictionary definitions for alarum

alarum

/ (əˈlærəm, -ˈlɑːr-, -ˈlɛər-) /

noun

archaic an alarm, esp a call to arms

(used as a stage direction, esp in Elizabethan drama) a loud disturbance or conflict (esp in the phrase alarums and excursions)

Word Origin for alarum

C15: variant of alarm

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Word Origin and History for alarum

alarum

obsolete and poetic spelling of alarm (n.).