abrimadj.
/əˈbrɪm/, U.S. /əˈbrɪm/ Chiefly literary.
In predicative use: full to the brim; brimful, brimming.
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the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adverb] > to the brim
top-up1581
brimmingly1826
brimming1848
brimfully1854
abrim1858
1858 M. F. Tupper Alfred ii. i. 20 O sister, what a miracle! look, brother, The loaf is whole, the pitcher is abrim!
1887 L. W. Reese Poems 42 And there a thorn-bush stood, Astir with bees, abrim with blossoms gay.
1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 114 Weed ye trample underfoot Floods his heart abrim.
1934 D. L. Sayers Nine Tailors 330 Dyke and drain were everywhere abrim.
1992 S. Sontag Volcano Lover i. ii. 32 The vast hole, hundreds of feet deep, was still abrim with early-morning fog.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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