† kime Obs. rare—1.
Also kyme.
[Etym. obscure; app. the roof of akimed; cf. also western dial. kimet silly, stupid, dizzy.]
A simpleton, fool.
| c 1395 Plowman's Tale ii. 695 The emperour yaf the pope somtyme So hyghe lordship him about, That, at [the] laste, the sely kyme [later edd. kime], The proude pope putte him out. |