lyam-hound

[ lahy-uhm-hound ]

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noun

, Archaic.

a bloodhound.

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Word History and Origins

1520–30; obsolete lyam leash (< Middle French liem ≪ Latin ligāmen a band, tie, equivalent to ligā ( re ) to tie + -men noun suffix) + hound ¹

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