fremish

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English

Etymology

From Middle English fremyssh, *fremysshen, from (the stem of) Middle French fremir, from Late Latin *fremīre, from Latin fremere.

Verb

fremish (third-person singular simple present fremishes, present participle fremishing, simple past and past participle fremished)

  1. (intransitive, rare, obsolete) To shiver or shudder.
    • 1859, Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair, page 6:
      He fremiſhed and for dread trembled, and great cries out of his mouth proceeded []
    • 1954, New Mexico Quarterly, volume 24, University of New Mexico:
      I fremish to conceive what might happen to the style of certain avant-garde bellelettrists if they were made to assist at some frequentations with Shakespeare []