† oˈpime, a. Obs.
[ad. L. opīm-us rich, sumptuous, etc. Cf. F. opime (1762 in Dict. Acad.), It., Sp. opimo.]
Rich, abundant, sumptuous, splendid.
| 1533 Bellenden Livy iv. (1822) 339 Na spuleyeis may be callit opime, bot onelie thay quhilkis ar takin be ane duke fra ane uthir. 1664 H. More Myst. Iniq. 426 Those great and opime Preferments and Dignities which thy ambitious and wordly minde so longingly hankers after. 1681 ― Exp. Dan. vi. 183 He had taken the more easie and opime places. 1694 Motteux Rabelais v. (1737) 232 Th' Opime you'd linquish for the Macerated. |