Meaning & use
grame
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An archaic word for deep grief, sorrow, or anger.
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In the old ballad, the knight's grame at his betrayal drove him to seek revenge.
The poet wrote of a grame so heavy it seemed to weigh down his very words.
A note on using this word
Once common in Middle English and Scots poetry, "grame" survives today only in archaic or dialectal literary usage.
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