Abrams

See also: abrams

Translingual

Proper noun

Abrams

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Le Roy Abrams (1874-1956).

Further reading

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

English

Etymology

From Abraham.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.bɹəmz/

Proper noun

Abrams (plural Abramses)

1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
   • 1977 November 25, Alexander Keneas, “‘Rolling Stone’ a musical show to miss”, in Newsday, page 80A, column 2:

     The animation, in a style somewhere between Arthur Rackham’s and Disney gothic, is handsome enough to have furnished publisher Harry Abrams with a new, coffee-table edition of “The Hobbit,” and the voices of the characters—Orson Bean, John Huston, Richard Boone, Cyril Ritchard and Brother Theodore—are as distinctive as you’d want for this odd assortment of Middle-earthians.

Derived terms

• Abramsverse

Proper noun

Abrams

1. plural of Abram

Anagrams

• Bamars, ambars, sambar