gim, a. Obs. exc. dial.
(dʒɪm)
Also 6 gym, 8 jim.
[perh. a var. of jimp a.]
Smart, spruce.
| 1513 Douglas æneis xii. Prol. 161 The payntit povne, pasand with plomys gym, Kest vp his taill. c 1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) v. 14 In May gois gentill wemen gymmer, In gardynis grene thair grumis to glaid. 1705 Vanbrugh Confed. i. iii, He's as fine as a prince, and as gim as the best of them. 1755 in H. Walpole Let. 17 July, Corr. 1820 I. 422 Though Surry boasts its Oatlands, And Claremont kept so jim. 1812 W. Tennant Anster F. ii. xxi, Lasses..Gay as May-morning, tidy, gim, and clean. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Gim, Gimmy, spruce, neat, smart. |