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English
Etymology
From Middle French dixme, Old French disme (“tenth, tithe”), from Latin decimus (“tenth”). Doublet of dime.
Pronunciation
Noun
disme (plural dismes)
- (US, dated, 18th century) A dime minted in 1792.
- (obsolete) A tenth; a tenth part; a tithe.
c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:Since the first sword was drawn about this question, Ev'ry tithe soul 'mongst many thousand dismes, Hath been as dear as Helen.
- a. 1734, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani.
- The pope began to exercise his new rapines by a compliance with king Edward, in granting him two years’ disme from the clergy.
1886, Christopher Saint German, The Doctor and Student:I have heard say, that a writ of right of dismes is given by the statute of Westm. 2, and that speaketh only of dismes, and not of pensions.
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
disme
- a tenth; a tenth part; a tithe
- late 14th C., John Gower, Confessio Amantis
- And thus the wars they beginne, Whereof the holy church is taxed, That in the point, as it is axed, The disme go'th to the battaile.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin decimus.
Adjective
disme m (oblique and nominative feminine singular disme)
- tenth (ordinal adjective)