jīm
[jeem]
- the fifth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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Origin of jīm
From Arabic
Jim
[jim]
- a male given name, form of James.
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Palmer
[pah-mer or for 6, pahl-]
- Alice Elvira,1855–1902, U.S. educator.
- Arnold,born 1929, U.S. golfer.
- Daniel David,1845–1913, Canadian originator of chiropractic medicine.
- George Herbert,1842–1933, U.S. educator, philosopher, and author.
- James AlvinJim, born 1945, U.S. baseball player.
- a town in S Massachusetts.
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Ryun
[rahy-uh n]
- James RonaldJim, born 1947, U.S. distance runner; congressman 1996–2007.
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Thorpe
[thawrp]
- James FrancisJim, 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.
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Dine
[dahyn]
- JamesJim, born 1935, U.S. painter.
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Examples from the Web for jim
Contemporary Examples
“Barbarism,” said retired NYPD Officer Jim Smith on Thursday.
Michigan supposedly offered 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh a $42 million contract, which would him the highest-paid coach in the NCAA.
There was nothing out of the ordinary, but for the fact that Jim was gay.
I was bored, but I grabbed a red Solo cup, filled it with beer, and stayed with my group, chatting with the brothers about Jim.
Jim had to cajole me, as it was already late, and I was lounging around in sweats, book in hand.
Historical Examples
Anyway, he said, Jim had already sure-enough drowned as fur as there was any fun in it.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
He knew Jim couldn't swim a lick, so he thought he'd have Jim go drown.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
So we was all quiet and still, Jim and me being scared, and Tom busy.
Tom Sawyer AbroadMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
They went for me and Jim by the thousand, but not a one of them lit on Tom.
Tom Sawyer AbroadMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Jim, don't you take your eye off of it, and I won't, either.
Tom Sawyer AbroadMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
dine
- (intr) to eat dinner
- (intr; often foll by on, off, or upon) to make one's meal (of)the guests dined upon roast beef
- (tr) informal to entertain to dinner (esp in the phrase wine and dine someone)
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Word Origin
C13: from Old French disner, contracted from Vulgar Latin disjējūnāre (unattested) to cease fasting, from dis- not + Late Latin jējūnāre to fast; see jejune
palmer
- (in Medieval Europe) a pilgrim bearing a palm branch as a sign of his visit to the Holy Land
- (in Medieval Europe) an itinerant monk
- (in Medieval Europe) any pilgrim
- any of various artificial angling flies characterized by hackles around the length of the body
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Word Origin
C13: from Old French palmier, from Medieval Latin palmārius, from Latin palma palm
Palmer
- Arnold. born 1929, US professional golfer: winner of seven major championships, including four in the US Masters (1958, 1960, 1962, 1964) and two in the British Open (1961,1962)
- Samuel. 1805–81, English painter of visionary landscapes, influenced by William Blake
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Thorpe
- Ian . born 1982, Australian swimmer; won three gold medals at the 2000 Olympic Games, six gold medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and two gold medals at the 2004 Olympic Games.
- James Francis. 1888–1953, American football player and athlete: Olympic pentathlon and decathlon champion (1912)
- Jeremy. born 1929, British politician; leader of the Liberal party (1967–76)
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Word Origin and History for jim
palmer
n.
"pilgrim who has returned from the Holy Land," late 12c. (as a surname), from Anglo-French palmer (Old French palmier), from Medieval Latin palmarius, from Latin palma "palm tree" (see palm (n.2)). So called because they wore palm branches in commemoration of the journey.
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dine
v.
late 13c., from Old French disner (Modern French dîner) "to dine, eat, have a meal," originally "take the first meal of the day," from stem of Gallo-Romance *desjunare "to break one's fast," from Vulgar Latin *disjejunare, from dis- "undo" (see dis-) + Late Latin jejunare "to fast," from Latin iejunus "fasting, hungry" (see jejune).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with jim
dine
In addition to the idiom beginning with dine
- dine out on
also see:
- eat (dine) out
- wine and dine
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