oamn.

Brit.

/əʊm/, U.S.

/oʊm/, Scottish English

/om/

Forms: English regional (northern) 1700s–1800s ome; Scottish 1800s oom, 1800s owme, 1800s yomm, 1800s youm, 1800s yowm, 1800s– oam, 1800s– yoam, 1900s– om (Shetland), 1900s– øm (Shetland), 1900s– uim (Orkney), 1900s– um (Shetland), 1900s– umb (rare), 1900s– umd (rare), 1900s– und (rare), 1900s– yome.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Norwegian. Etymon: Norwegian ome.

Etymology: Probably < Norwegian regional (Stavanger) ome smoke, smell of burning, heat haze, current of warm air (compare Norwegian regional oma (of weather) to be hot and hazy, Swedish regional (Finland and Estonia) ôm' to steam, radiate heat, smell, åm' to smell), apparently < the same Scandinavian base as Old Icelandic eimr, eimi steam, vapour (see hame n.³), although the vocalism has not been satisfactorily explained. In Orkney and Shetland use probably < the unattested Norn cognate of Norwegian regional ome (see above).

Now Scottish (chiefly northern and north-eastern).

Steam, vapour, condensation; warm steamy air, heat haze; (also) an aroma of cooking.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] > haze

haze1582

oama1728

mist1785

maze1813

dry urea1824

gauze1842

blight1848

slur1880

a1728 W. Kennett MS Coll. Provinc. Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1905) IV. 317/1 [Durham] The ome of salt pans.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) Oam of the kettle.

1857 T. Wright Dict. Obsolete & Provinc. Eng. II. 711/1 Ome, the steam or vapour arising from hot liquids.

1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire in Trans. Philol. Soc. 2 214 Fin a set ma nose in at the kitchy door, a fan the youm o' the dainner.

1897 R. M. Fergusson Village Poet 151 Oor Strath is noo' a' fu' o yoam Like bilin' saut.

1940 John o'Groat Jrnl. 9 Feb. The sin cam oot aifter the shooer an' the yoam cam' reekin' aff o' the grun.

1959 People's Jrnl. (Aberdeen) 19 Dec. 11 The gran' yome o' broth bilin' comin' fae the hooses.

1988 I. Macleod et al. Pocket Sc. Dict. 183/1 Oam, 1. steam. 2. a warm smell, eg from cooking. 3. a warm stuffy atmosphere.

2018 D. C. Purdie in Lallans 93 31 The yoam athin the gairden waa Wis deidlie still, or less the bee Gaed bummin by.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oam
释义	oamn. Brit. /əʊm/, U.S. /oʊm/, Scottish English /om/ Forms: English regional (northern) 1700s–1800s ome; Scottish 1800s oom, 1800s owme, 1800s yomm, 1800s youm, 1800s yowm, 1800s– oam, 1800s– yoam, 1900s– om (Shetland), 1900s– øm (Shetland), 1900s– uim (Orkney), 1900s– um (Shetland), 1900s– umb (rare), 1900s– umd (rare), 1900s– und (rare), 1900s– yome. Origin: Probably a borrowing from Norwegian. Etymon: Norwegian ome. Etymology: Probably < Norwegian regional (Stavanger) ome smoke, smell of burning, heat haze, current of warm air (compare Norwegian regional oma (of weather) to be hot and hazy, Swedish regional (Finland and Estonia) ôm' to steam, radiate heat, smell, åm' to smell), apparently < the same Scandinavian base as Old Icelandic eimr, eimi steam, vapour (see hame n.³), although the vocalism has not been satisfactorily explained. In Orkney and Shetland use probably < the unattested Norn cognate of Norwegian regional ome (see above). Now Scottish (chiefly northern and north-eastern). Steam, vapour, condensation; warm steamy air, heat haze; (also) an aroma of cooking. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] > haze haze1582 oama1728 mist1785 maze1813 dry urea1824 gauze1842 blight1848 slur1880 a1728 W. Kennett MS Coll. Provinc. Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1905) IV. 317/1 [Durham] The ome of salt pans. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) Oam of the kettle. 1857 T. Wright Dict. Obsolete & Provinc. Eng. II. 711/1 Ome, the steam or vapour arising from hot liquids. 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire in Trans. Philol. Soc. 2 214 Fin a set ma nose in at the kitchy door, a fan the youm o' the dainner. 1897 R. M. Fergusson Village Poet 151 Oor Strath is noo' a' fu' o yoam Like bilin' saut. 1940 John o'Groat Jrnl. 9 Feb. The sin cam oot aifter the shooer an' the yoam cam' reekin' aff o' the grun. 1959 People's Jrnl. (Aberdeen) 19 Dec. 11 The gran' yome o' broth bilin' comin' fae the hooses. 1988 I. Macleod et al. Pocket Sc. Dict. 183/1 Oam, 1. steam. 2. a warm smell, eg from cooking. 3. a warm stuffy atmosphere. 2018 D. C. Purdie in Lallans 93 31 The yoam athin the gairden waa Wis deidlie still, or less the bee Gaed bummin by. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1728
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