remord

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English

Etymology

From the Middle English remorden, from the Anglo-Norman and Middle French remordre and its etymon the Latin remordeō, from re- + mordeō; compare the Catalan remordir, remordre, the French remordre, the Italian rimordere, the Old Occitan remordre, the Portuguese remorder, and the Spanish remorder.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: rĭmôrdʹ, IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmɔːd/

Verb

remord (third-person singular simple present remords, present participle remording, simple past and past participle remorded)

(obsolete, intransitive) To feel remorse.
- 1531, Thomas Elyot, edited by Ernest Rhys, The Boke Named the Governour (Everyman’s Library), London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Co, published , →OCLC:
  Beyng meued either with loue or pitie, or other wyse his conscience remording against the destruction of so noble a prince.
(obsolete, transitive) To excite to remorse; to rebuke.
- a. 1529, John Skelton, Agaynstethe Scottes:
  Dyvers People That Remord This Rymyng
  Agaynst the Scot

References

“remord”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Dormer, dormer

French

Verb

remord

third-person singular present indicative of remordre

Middle English

Verb

remord

Alternative form of remorden

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