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frum, a. Judaism.
Brit. |frʊm|, U.S. |frʊm|
Forms: 18– fromm, 18– froom, 19– frum
[‹ Yiddish frum > prep. and adv. and conj.).]
Devoutly observant of Jewish laws; strictly orthodox or religious.
1889Referee 3 Feb. 2/3 ‘Dolly’, who was a Jewess, but one who was link rather than froom, was about forty years old. 1895C. Zeublin in Hull-House Maps & Papers v. 97 The more rigidly ‘fromm’ (pious, in the best sense) are suspicious even of these stores. 1959B. Kops Hamlet of Stepney Green ii. ii. in Three Plays (1968) 211 These are the consumer goods for the frum yids. 1980Jewish Chron. 29 Feb. 31/3 The frummest neighbour of all fitted tiny bootees on to her ‘Pesachdika’ cat before she'd let it in. 1991Northern Calif. Jewish Bull. (Electronic ed.) 13 Dec. 18 What is left of Judaism is nothing more than..some Bible stories, coupled with nostalgia for our frum grandparents. 2001P. Marber Howard Katz ii. 98 Lou. (referring to yarmulke) I didn't know you were frum. Katz. Oh yeah, well, I've become frum. |