disme

English

Etymology

Middle French dixme, Old French disme (“tenth, tithe”), from Latin decimus (“tenth”). Doublet of dime.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /daɪm/

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[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [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

Deism, Diems, deism, demis, dimes

Middle English

Noun

disme

a tenth; a tenth part; a tithe
- late 14^th 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)

单词	disme
释义	disme English Etymology Middle French dixme, Old French disme (“tenth, tithe”), from Latin decimus (“tenth”). Doublet of dime. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /daɪm/ 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[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [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 Deism, Diems, deism, demis, dimes Middle English Noun disme a tenth; a tenth part; a tithe late 14^th 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)
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