dram

CEFRC2

/dɹæm/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small amount of a strong alcoholic drink.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A small unit of weight, variously:

Examples

  • He enjoyed a small dram of whiskey before bed.

  • She didn't have a single dram of evidence to support her.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Synonym of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g).

  2. Synonym of drachma: a former Greek unit of weight (about 4.3 g).

  3. Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.

More examples

In context

  • She drank a small dram of whiskey before going to sleep.

  • Dram (49·5 grains), 100=chequi, 4=oka (2·8286 ℔); dram (49·5 grains), 180=rotl, 100=kintal or kantar (127·29 ℔).

  • They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams [i.e., the Persian daric] of gold, and five thousand pound of silver […]

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English dragme, dramme, from Old French dragme, drame, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight; a handful”). Doublet of drachma, diram, dirham, dirhem, and adarme.